diff --git a/tuna-cmd.py b/tuna-cmd.py
index f37e286bffdb..090aff0cb972 100755
--- a/tuna-cmd.py
+++ b/tuna-cmd.py
@@ -22,9 +22,11 @@ import tuna.new_eth as ethtool
 import tuna.tuna_sched as tuna_sched
 import procfs
 from tuna import tuna, sysfs
+from tuna.cpupower import Cpupower
 import logging
 import time
 import shutil
+from multiprocessing import cpu_count
 
 def get_loglevel(level):
     if level.isdigit() and int(level) in range(0,5):
@@ -116,7 +118,12 @@ def gen_parser():
             "disable_perf": dict(action='store_true', help="Explicitly disable usage of perf in GUI for process view"),
             "refresh": dict(default=2500, metavar='MSEC', type=int, help="Refresh the GUI every MSEC milliseconds"),
             "priority": dict(default=(None, None), metavar="POLICY:RTPRIO", type=tuna.get_policy_and_rtprio, help="Set thread scheduler tunables: POLICY and RTPRIO"),
-            "background": dict(action='store_true', help="Run command as background task")
+            "background": dict(action='store_true', help="Run command as background task"),
+            "idle_state": dict(dest='idle_state', metavar='IDLESTATE', help='Set cpus in CPU-LIST to an idle state depth. If CPU-LIST is not specified, default to all cpus.'),
+            "all_idlestates": dict(dest='all_idlestates', action='store_true', default=False,
+                                   help='Enable all idle states on CPU-LIST.'),
+            "info": dict(dest='info', default=False, action='store_true',
+                          help='Display information about available CPU idle states.'),
          }
 
     parser = HelpMessageParser(description="tuna - Application Tuning Program")
@@ -147,6 +154,8 @@ def gen_parser():
     show_threads = subparser.add_parser('show_threads', description='Show thread list', help='Show thread list')
     show_irqs = subparser.add_parser('show_irqs', description='Show IRQ list', help='Show IRQ list')
     show_configs = subparser.add_parser('show_configs', description='List preloaded profiles', help='List preloaded profiles')
+    idle_set = subparser.add_parser('idle-set', description='Set all idle states, up to and including the given idle state, on a given CPU list.',
+                                    help='Set all idle states, up to and including the given idle state, on CPU-LIST.')
 
     what_is = subparser.add_parser('what_is', description='Provides help about selected entities', help='Provides help about selected entities')
     gui = subparser.add_parser('gui', description="Start the GUI", help="Start the GUI")
@@ -219,6 +228,12 @@ def gen_parser():
     show_irqs_group.add_argument('-S', '--sockets', **MODS['sockets'])
     show_irqs.add_argument('-q', '--irqs', **MODS['irqs'])
 
+    idle_set_group = idle_set.add_mutually_exclusive_group(required=True)
+    idle_set.add_argument('-c', '--cpus', **MODS['cpus'])
+    idle_set_group.add_argument('-i', '--state', **MODS['idle_state'])
+    idle_set_group.add_argument('-E', '--enable-all', **MODS['all_idlestates'])
+    idle_set_group.add_argument('--info', **MODS['info'])
+
     what_is.add_argument('thread_list', **POS['thread_list'])
 
     gui.add_argument('-d', '--disable_perf', **MODS['disable_perf'])
@@ -649,7 +664,6 @@ def main():
     parser = gen_parser()
     # Set all necessary defaults for gui subparser if no arguments provided
     args = parser.parse_args() if len(sys.argv) > 1 else parser.parse_args(['gui'])
-
     if args.debug:
         my_logger = setup_logging("my_logger")
         my_logger.addHandler(add_handler("DEBUG", tofile=False))
@@ -667,6 +681,23 @@ def main():
             print("Valid log levels: NOTSET, DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR")
             print("Log levels may be specified numerically (0-4)\n")
 
+    if args.command == 'idle-set':
+        if args.cpu_list and args.info:
+            print("Error: must specify idle state with -i/--state or -E/--enable-all when using -c/--cpus.")
+            sys.exit(1)
+
+        if args.info:
+            Cpupower.get_idle_info()
+        elif args.idle_state or args.all_idlestates:
+            if args.cpu_list == [] or args.cpu_list == ['all']:
+                args.cpu_list = list(range(cpu_count()))
+            cpulist = tuna.list_to_cpustring(args.cpu_list)
+
+            if args.idle_state:
+                Cpupower(cpulist, args.idle_state).enable_idle_state()
+            elif args.all_idlestates:
+                Cpupower(cpulist, 0).enable_all_idle_states()
+
     if 'irq_list' in vars(args):
         ps = procfs.pidstats()
         if tuna.has_threaded_irqs(ps):
diff --git a/tuna/cpupower.py b/tuna/cpupower.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b778bb4af852
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tuna/cpupower.py
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+# Copyright 2024    Anubhav Shelat <ashelat@redhat.com>
+""" Object to execute cpupower tool """
+
+import subprocess
+import os
+import shutil
+import sys
+from multiprocessing import cpu_count
+
+PATH = '/sys/devices/system/cpu/'
+
+class Cpupower:
+    """ class to store data for executing cpupower and restoring idle state configuration """
+    def __init__(self, cpulist, idlestate):
+        if not self.cpupower_present():
+            print('cpupower not found')
+            sys.exit(1)
+
+        self.__idle_state = int(idlestate)
+        self.__states = os.listdir(PATH + 'cpu0/cpuidle/')
+        # self.__idle_states is a dict with cpus as keys,
+        # and another dict as the value. The value dict
+        # has idle states as keys and a boolean as the
+        # value indicating if the state is disabled.
+        self.__idle_states = {}
+        self.__all_cpus = list(range(cpu_count()))
+        self.__cpulist = cpulist
+
+
+    def enable_idle_state(self):
+        """ Use cpupower to set the idle state """
+        self.get_idle_states()
+
+        # ensure that idle state is in range of available idle states
+        if self.__idle_state > len(self.__states) - 1 or self.__idle_state < 0:
+            print(f'Idle state {self.__idle_state} is out of range')
+            sys.exit(1)
+
+        # enable all idle states to a certain depth, and disable any deeper idle states
+        with open(os.devnull, 'wb') as buffer:
+            for state in self.__states:
+                s = state.strip("state")
+                if int(s) > self.__idle_state:
+                    self.run_cpupower(['cpupower', '-c', self.__cpulist,'idle-set', '-d', s], buffer)
+                else:
+                    self.run_cpupower(['cpupower', '-c', self.__cpulist,'idle-set', '-e', s], buffer)
+
+
+    def enable_all_idle_states(self):
+        """ Enable maximum idle state depth on cpulist """
+        self.get_idle_states()
+        with open(os.devnull, 'wb') as buffer:
+            for state in self.__states:
+                s = state.strip("state")
+                self.run_cpupower(['cpupower', '-c', self.__cpulist,'idle-set', '-e', s], buffer)
+
+
+    def restore_idle_states(self):
+        """ restore the idle state setting """
+        for cpu, states in self.__idle_states.items():
+            for state, disabled in states.items():
+                fp = os.path.join(PATH, 'cpu' + str(cpu) + '/cpuidle/' + state + '/disable')
+                self.write_idle_state(fp, disabled)
+
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_idle_info(cls):
+        """ execute cpupower idle-info """
+        cls.run_cpupower(['cpupower', 'idle-info'])
+
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def run_cpupower(args, output_buffer=None):
+        """ execute cpupower """
+        try:
+            subprocess.run(args, check=True, stdout=output_buffer)
+        except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
+            print('cpupower failed')
+            sys.exit(1)
+
+
+    def get_idle_states(self):
+        """ Store the current idle state setting """
+        for cpu in self.__all_cpus:
+            self.__idle_states[cpu] = {}
+            for state in self.__states:
+                fp = os.path.join(PATH, 'cpu' + str(cpu) + '/cpuidle/' + state + '/disable')
+                self.__idle_states[cpu][state] = self.read_idle_state(fp)
+
+
+    def read_idle_state(self, file):
+        """ read the disable value for an idle state """
+        with open(file, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+            return f.read(1)
+
+
+    def write_idle_state(self, file, state):
+        """ write the disable value for and idle state """
+        with open(file, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+            f.write(state)
+
+
+    def cpupower_present(self):
+        """ check if cpupower is downloaded """
+        return shutil.which("cpupower") is not None
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    cpulist = str(list(range(cpu_count()))).strip('[]').replace(' ', '')
+    idlestate = '1'
+    info = True
+
+    cpupower = Cpupower(cpulist, idlestate)
+    if idlestate:
+        cpupower.enable_idle_state()
+        cpupower.restore_idle_states()
+    print()
+    cpupower.get_idle_info()
diff --git a/tuna/tuna.py b/tuna/tuna.py
index bd678e2dc7ae..52e4c3ec356d 100755
--- a/tuna/tuna.py
+++ b/tuna/tuna.py
@@ -122,6 +122,8 @@ def cpustring_to_list(cpustr):
     Returns a list of integers."""
 
     fields = cpustr.strip().split(",")
+    if fields == ['all']:
+        return fields
     cpu_list = []
     for field in fields:
         ends = [int(a, 0) for a in field.split("-")]
