diff --git a/manifests/main/config.pp b/manifests/main/config.pp
index ad39492..18c3efc 100644
--- a/manifests/main/config.pp
+++ b/manifests/main/config.pp
@@ -7,4 +7,8 @@ class confdroid_automatic::main::config (
 
 ) inherits confdroid_automatic::params {
   include confdroid_automatic::main::service
+
+  if $ac_manage_nagios == true {
+    include confdroid_automatic::monitoring::target
+  }
 }
diff --git a/manifests/monitoring/target.pp b/manifests/monitoring/target.pp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..11aef33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifests/monitoring/target.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+## confdroid_automatic::monitoring::target.pp
+# Module name: confdroid_automatic
+# Author: 12ww1160 (12ww1160@confdroid.com)
+# @summary Class manages services for the confdroid_automatic module
+##############################################################################
+class confdroid_automatic::monitoring::target (
+
+) inherits confdroid_automatic::params {
+  if $ac_manage_nagios == true {
+    @@nagios_service { "check_automatic_${fqdn}":
+      check_command       => "check_nrpe!check_automatic!${ac_procs_allowed}!automatic-service",
+      use                 => 'generic-service',
+      host_name           => $fqdn,
+      notification_period => '24x7',
+      service_description => "${fqdn}_check_automatic",
+      target              => $ac_target_service,
+      owner               => 'nagios',
+      group               => 'nagios',
+      mode                => '0640',
+      contacts            => $ac_target_contacts,
+    }
+}
diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 5d5f1ea..35f1efd 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@
 # @param [String] ac_email_to where to send the email to
 # @param [String] ac_email_host which host to use to send the email
 # @param [Variant[String,Array[String]]] ac_excludepkgs packages to exclude from updates
+# @param [Boolean] ac_manage_nagios whether to manage nagios monitoring
+# @param [String] ac_target_service where to write the nagios service config
+# @param [String] ac_target_contacts which nagios contacts to use
+# @param [String] ac_procs_allowed how many processes are allowed to run
 ##############################################################################
 class confdroid_automatic::params (
 
@@ -33,6 +37,12 @@ class confdroid_automatic::params (
   String $ac_email_to                 = 'root@example.net',
   String $ac_email_host               = 'localhost',
 
+  # monitoring
+  Boolean $ac_manage_nagios           = false,
+  String $ac_target_service           = '/etc/nagios/conf.d/automatic_service.cfg',
+  String $ac_target_contacts          = 'nagiosadmin',
+  String $ac_procs_allowed            = '1:',
+
 ) {
 # Facts
   $fqdn                     = $facts['networking']['fqdn']