diff --git a/scripts/monitor-interrupt-rate b/scripts/monitor-interrupt-rate
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..f00f864e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/monitor-interrupt-rate
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+interval="${1:-5}"
+
+while true
+do
+  sum=0
+  while read line
+  do
+    for word in $line
+    do
+      if [ "${word#[0-9]}" != "$word" -a "${word%[0-9]}" != "$word" ]; then
+        sum="$((sum + word))"
+      fi
+    done
+  done </proc/interrupts
+  if [ "$prev" != "" ]; then
+    echo $(((sum-prev)/interval))
+  fi
+  prev="$sum"
+  sleep "$interval"
+done