diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 This CHANGELOG follows the format listed at [Keep A Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/)
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+- Add check-rds-cpu_balance.rb to check cpu-balanced for RDS instance
+
 ### Added
 - ruby 2.4 testing (@majormoses)
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0859e627..eae9449c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@
 
 **check-kms-key.rb**
 
+**check-rds-cpu_balance.rb**
+
 **check-rds-events.rb**
 
 **check-rds-pending.rb**
diff --git a/bin/check-rds-cpu_balance.rb b/bin/check-rds-cpu_balance.rb
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..293def33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/check-rds-cpu_balance.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env ruby
+#
+# check-rds-cpu_balance
+#
+# DESCRIPTION:
+#   This plugin retrieves the value of the cpu balance for RDS instance
+#
+# OUTPUT:
+#   plain-text
+#
+# PLATFORMS:
+#   Linux
+#
+# DEPENDENCIES:
+#   gem: aws-sdk
+#   gem: sensu-plugin
+#
+# USAGE:
+#   ./check-rds-cpu_balance -c 20
+#
+# NOTES:
+#  Based on check-ec2-cpu_balance.rb script (Shane Starcher)
+#
+# LICENSE:
+#   Released under the same terms as Sensu (the MIT license); see LICENSE
+#   for details.
+#
+
+require 'sensu-plugins-aws'
+require 'sensu-plugin/check/cli'
+require 'aws-sdk'
+
+class RDSCpuBalance < Sensu::Plugin::Check::CLI
+  include Common
+
+  option :critical,
+         description: 'Trigger a critical when value is below VALUE',
+         short: '-c VALUE',
+         long: '--critical VALUE',
+         proc: proc(&:to_f),
+         required: true
+
+  option :warning,
+         description: 'Trigger a warning when value is below VALUE',
+         short: '-w VALUE',
+         long: '--warning VALUE',
+         proc: proc(&:to_f)
+
+  option :aws_region,
+         short: '-r R',
+         long: '--region REGION',
+         description: 'AWS region',
+         default: 'us-east-1'
+
+  def data(instance)
+    client = Aws::CloudWatch::Client.new
+    stats = 'Average'
+    period = 60
+    resp = client.get_metric_statistics(
+      namespace: 'AWS/RDS',
+      metric_name: 'CPUCreditBalance',
+      dimensions: [{
+        name: 'DBInstanceIdentifier',
+        value: instance
+      }],
+      start_time: Time.now - period * 10,
+      end_time: Time.now,
+      period: period,
+      statistics: [stats]
+    )
+
+    return resp.datapoints.first.send(stats.downcase) unless resp.datapoints.first.nil?
+  end
+
+  def run
+    rds = Aws::RDS::Client.new
+    instances = rds.describe_db_instances
+
+    messages = "\n"
+    level = 0
+    instances.db_instances.each do |db_instance|
+      next unless db_instance.db_instance_class.start_with? 'db.t2.'
+      id = db_instance.db_instance_identifier
+      result = data id
+      unless result.nil?
+        if result < config[:critical]
+          level = 2
+          messages << "#{id} is below critical threshold [#{result} < #{config[:critical]}]\n"
+        elsif config[:warning] && result < config[:warning]
+          level = 1 if level == 0
+          messages << "#{id} is below warning threshold [#{result} < #{config[:warning]}]\n"
+        end
+      end
+    end
+    ok messages if level == 0
+    warning messages if level == 1
+    critical messages if level == 2
+  end
+end