diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3001aa3..bcd7bf5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 |Repo Name| version | Build Status|
 |---|---|---|---|
-|`cd_apache`| 0.0.1.7 | [![Build Status](https://pipelines.confdroid.com/buildStatus/icon?job=cd_apache)](https://pipelines.confdroid.com/job/cd_apache/)|
+|`cd_apache`| 0.0.1.8 | [![Build Status](https://pipelines.confdroid.com/buildStatus/icon?job=cd_apache)](https://pipelines.confdroid.com/job/cd_apache/)|
 
 ### Synopsis
 `Apache httpd` is a very powerful and widely used web server.
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Configuration
   * file system permissions
   * selinux context
 * manage firewall settings (optional)
-
+* manage nagios monitoring (optional)
 Maintenance
 * manage the service
 
diff --git a/manifests/main/config.pp b/manifests/main/config.pp
index 4e18fcc..c23d2e7 100644
--- a/manifests/main/config.pp
+++ b/manifests/main/config.pp
@@ -26,5 +26,5 @@ class cd_apache::main::config (
 ) inherits cd_apache::params {
 
   include cd_apache::server::service
-
+  include cd_apache::monitoring::target
 }
diff --git a/manifests/monitoring/target.pp b/manifests/monitoring/target.pp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ce65af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifests/monitoring/target.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+## cd_apache::monitoring::target.pp
+# Module name: cd_apache
+# Author: Arne Teuke (arne_teuke@puppetsoft.com)
+# License:
+#    This file is part of cd_apache.
+#
+#    cd_apache is used for providing automatic configuration of
+#    <service / purpose>
+#    Copyright (C) 2014  PuppetSoft (copyright@puppetsoft.com)
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# @summary class manages exports for nagios monitoring
+##############################################################################
+class cd_apache::monitoring::target (
+
+) inherits cd_apache::params {
+
+  case $ae_incl_target {
+
+    false: { notify {'Nagios Service target for check_httpd has been disabled via parameters / ENC override': }
+    }
+    default: {
+      @@nagios_service { "check_http_${::hostname}":
+        check_command       => 'check_http',
+        use                 => 'generic-service',
+        host_name           => $::fqdn,
+        notification_period => '24x7',
+        service_description => "${::hostname}_check_http",
+        target              =>  $ae_target_service,
+        owner               => 'nagios',
+        group               => 'nagios',
+        mode                => '6640',
+        contacts            => 'ops',
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index caee414..62ea1c6 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 # @param  [boolean] ae_allow_user_dirs Whether or not to allow user directories
 #   should be allowed to share content through httpd. Usually this is a security
 #   problem and as such should be disabled.
+# @param  [boolean] ae_incl_target whether or not to allow nagios monitoring.
 ##############################################################################
 class cd_apache::params (
 
@@ -73,6 +74,10 @@ $ae_manage_cfg      = false,
 $ae_manage_dirs     = true,
 $ae_allow_user_dirs = false,
 
+# nagios
+$ae_incl_target     = true,
+$ae_target_service  = '/etc/nagios/conf.d/httpd_service.cfg',
+
 ) {
 
 # installation section