diff --git a/include/modules/memory.hpp b/include/modules/memory.hpp
index 7fd984d0..5301e932 100644
--- a/include/modules/memory.hpp
+++ b/include/modules/memory.hpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <fmt/format.h>
-#include <sys/sysinfo.h>
+#include <fstream>
 #include "util/chrono.hpp"
 #include "ALabel.hpp"
 
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ class Memory : public ALabel {
     Memory(const Json::Value&);
     auto update() -> void;
   private:
+    unsigned long memtotal_;
+    unsigned long memfree_;
+    void parseMeminfo();
     waybar::util::SleeperThread thread_;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/modules/memory.cpp b/src/modules/memory.cpp
index b2093e8e..6de1eb3e 100644
--- a/src/modules/memory.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/memory.cpp
@@ -13,13 +13,57 @@ waybar::modules::Memory::Memory(const Json::Value& config)
 
 auto waybar::modules::Memory::update() -> void
 {
-  struct sysinfo info = {};
-  if (sysinfo(&info) == 0) {
-    auto total = info.totalram * info.mem_unit;
-    auto freeram = info.freeram * info.mem_unit;
-    int used_ram_percentage = 100 * (total - freeram) / total;
+  parseMeminfo();
+  if(memtotal_ > 0 && memfree_ >= 0) {
+    int used_ram_percentage = 100 * (memtotal_ - memfree_) / memtotal_;
     label_.set_text(fmt::format(format_, used_ram_percentage));
-    auto used_ram_gigabytes = (total - freeram) / std::pow(1024, 3);
+    auto used_ram_gigabytes = (memtotal_ - memfree_) / std::pow(1024, 2);
     label_.set_tooltip_text(fmt::format("{:.{}f}Gb used", used_ram_gigabytes, 1));
+    label_.show();
+  } else {
+    label_.hide();
+  }
+}
+
+void waybar::modules::Memory::parseMeminfo()
+{
+  long memtotal = -1, memfree = -1, membuffer = -1, memcache = -1, memavail = -1;
+  int count = 0;
+  std::string line;
+  std::ifstream info("/proc/meminfo");
+  if(info.is_open()) {
+    while(getline(info, line)) {
+      auto posDelim = line.find(":");
+      std::string name = line.substr(0, posDelim);
+      long value = std::stol(line.substr(posDelim + 1));
+
+      if(name.compare("MemTotal") == 0) {
+        memtotal = value;
+        count++;
+      } else if(name.compare("MemAvailable") == 0) {
+        memavail = value;
+        count++;
+      } else if(name.compare("MemFree") == 0) {
+        memfree = value;
+        count++;
+      } else if(name.compare("Buffers") == 0) {
+        membuffer = value;
+        count++;
+      } else if(name.compare("Cached") == 0) {
+        memcache = value;
+        count++;
+      }
+      if (count >= 5 || (count >= 4 && memavail >= -1)) {
+        info.close();
+      }
+    }
+  } else {
+    throw std::runtime_error("Can't open /proc/meminfo");
+  }
+  memtotal_ = memtotal;
+  if(memavail >= 0) {
+    memfree_ = memavail;
+  } else {
+    memfree_ = memfree + (membuffer + memcache);
   }
 }