diff --git a/examples/plugin_log_task_usage/StressTest.wdl b/examples/plugin_log_task_usage/StressTest.wdl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..01e49f56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/plugin_log_task_usage/StressTest.wdl
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+version 1.1
+# MINIWDL__LOG_TASK_USAGE__PERIOD=2 miniwdl run examples/plugin_log_task_usage/StressTest.wdl --dir /tmp --verbose
+# MINIWDL__LOG_TASK_USAGE__PERIOD=2 miniwdl-aws-submit plugin_log_task_usage/StressTest.wdl --verbose --follow
+
+task StressTest {
+    input {
+        Int cpu = 4
+        Int memory_G = 2
+        Int cpu_memory_duration_s = 10
+        Int disk_load_G = 4
+
+        String docker = "polinux/stress" # Docker image with stress tool
+    }
+
+    command <<<
+        set -euxo pipefail
+
+        >&2 ls -l /sys/fs/cgroup
+
+        stress --cpu 4 --vm 1 --vm-bytes ~{memory_G}G --vm-hang 0 --timeout ~{cpu_memory_duration_s}s || true
+        dd if=/dev/zero of=testfile bs=1G count=~{disk_load_G}
+        sync
+        cat testfile > /dev/null &
+        sleep 5
+    >>>
+
+    runtime {
+        docker: docker
+        memory: "${memory_G*2}G"
+        cpu: cpu
+    }
+
+    output {}
+}
diff --git a/examples/plugin_log_task_usage/miniwdl_log_task_usage.py b/examples/plugin_log_task_usage/miniwdl_log_task_usage.py
index 17eba487..b3babe9f 100644
--- a/examples/plugin_log_task_usage/miniwdl_log_task_usage.py
+++ b/examples/plugin_log_task_usage/miniwdl_log_task_usage.py
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 set configuration [log_task_usage] period (or the environment variable
 MINIWDL__LOG_TASK_USAGE__PERIOD) to the desired logging period in seconds.
 
-YMMV because host OS version & configuration may affect availability of the counters read from
-pseudo-files under /sys/fs/cgroup
+YMMV because host OS version & configuration may affect availability of the cgroup counters read
+from pseudo-files under /sys/fs/cgroup
 """
 
 import WDL
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ def main(cfg, logger, run_id, run_dir, task, **recv):
     # inject logger into command script
     if cfg.has_option("log_task_usage", "period"):
         period = cfg["log_task_usage"].get_int("period")
-        recv["command"] = _logger_sh + f"log_cpu_mem_in_docker {period} &\n\n" + recv["command"]
+        recv["command"] = _logger_sh + f"_miniwdl_log_task_usage {period} &\n\n" + recv["command"]
     recv = yield recv
 
     # do nothing with outputs
@@ -29,34 +29,61 @@ def main(cfg, logger, run_id, run_dir, task, **recv):
 
 
 _logger_sh = r"""
-log_cpu_mem_in_docker() {
+_miniwdl_log_task_usage() {
     set +ex
-    PERIOD_SECS=${1:-10}  # logging period (default 10s)
-    JIFFIES_PER_SEC=100   # see http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/time.7.html
-    T_0=$(date +%s)
+    local PERIOD_SECS=${1:-10}  # logging period (default 10s)
 
-    cpu_user_jiffies() {
-        cut -f2 -d ' ' /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuacct/cpuacct.stat | head -n 1
+    # detect whether host provides cgroup v2 or v1, and helper functions to read CPU & memory usage
+    # counters from the appropriate pseudo-files
+    local cgroup_version=""
+    if [ -f /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu.stat ]; then
+        cgroup_version=2
+    elif [ -f /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuacct/cpuacct.stat ]; then
+        cgroup_version=1
+    else
+        >&2 echo "miniwdl_log_task_usage unable to report: cgroup CPU usage counters not found"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    cpu_secs() {
+        local ans
+        if [ $cgroup_version -eq 2 ]; then
+            ans=$(awk '/^usage_usec/ {print $2}' /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu.stat)
+            echo $(( ans / 1000000 ))
+        else
+            ans=$(cut -f2 -d ' ' /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuacct/cpuacct.stat | head -n 1)
+            echo $(( ans / 100 )) # 100 "jiffies" per second
+        fi
+    }
+
+    mem_bytes() {
+        if [ $cgroup_version -eq 2 ]; then
+            awk '$1 == "anon" { print $2 }' /sys/fs/cgroup/memory.stat
+        else
+            awk -F ' ' '$1 == "total_rss" { print $2 }'  /sys/fs/cgroup/memory/memory.stat
+        fi
     }
-    user_jiffies_0=$(cpu_user_jiffies)
-    user_jffies_last=$user_jiffies_0
-    t_last=$T_0
+
+    local T_0=$(date +%s)
+    local t_last=$T_0
+    local cpu_secs_0=$(cpu_secs)
+    local cpu_secs_last=$cpu_secs_0
 
     while true; do
         sleep "$PERIOD_SECS"
-        t=$(date +%s)
-        wall_secs=$(( t - T_0 ))
+        local t=$(date +%s)
+        local wall_secs=$(( t - T_0 ))
 
-        user_jiffies=$(cpu_user_jiffies)
-        user_pct=$(( 100*(user_jiffies - user_jffies_last)/JIFFIES_PER_SEC/(t - t_last) ))
-        user_secs=$(( (user_jiffies - user_jiffies_0)/ JIFFIES_PER_SEC ))
+        local cpu_secs_current=$(cpu_secs)
+        local cpu_total_secs=$(( cpu_secs_current - cpu_secs_0 ))
+        local cpu_period_secs=$(( cpu_secs_current - cpu_secs_last ))
 
-        user_jffies_last=$user_jiffies
-        t_last=$t
+        local mem_bytes_current=$(mem_bytes)
 
-        rss_bytes=$(awk -F ' ' '$1 == "total_rss" { print $2 }'  /sys/fs/cgroup/memory/memory.stat)
+        >&2 echo "container usage :: cpu_pct: $(( 100 * cpu_period_secs / PERIOD_SECS )), mem_MiB: $(( mem_bytes_current/1048576 )), cpu_total_s: ${cpu_total_secs}, elapsed_s: ${wall_secs}"
 
-        >&2 echo "container usage :: cpu_pct: ${user_pct}, mem_MiB: $(( rss_bytes/1048576 )), cpu_total_s: ${user_secs}, elapsed_s: ${wall_secs}"
+        cpu_secs_last=$cpu_secs_current
+        t_last=$t
     done
 }
 """
diff --git a/examples/plugin_log_task_usage/setup.py b/examples/plugin_log_task_usage/setup.py
index 1f57767a..9eeb4a7b 100644
--- a/examples/plugin_log_task_usage/setup.py
+++ b/examples/plugin_log_task_usage/setup.py
@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@
 
 setup(
     name='miniwdl_log_task_usage',
-    version='0.0.1',
-    description='miniwdl task plugin to log container cpu+mem usage',
+    version='0.1.0',
+    description='miniwdl task plugin to log container cpu/mem usage',
     author='Wid L. Hacker',
     py_modules=["miniwdl_log_task_usage"],
     python_requires='>=3.6',
     setup_requires=['reentry'],
+    install_requires=['miniwdl'],
     reentry_register=True,
     entry_points={
         'miniwdl.plugin.task': ['log_task_usage = miniwdl_log_task_usage:main'],