diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ef292b7..5e85248 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ Service
 
 - manage service status
 
+Sometimes it is required to have the service on a host stopped for some reason, i.e. for troubleshooting fail2ban.  In that case you can simply set `fn_enable_service`to `stopped` via ENC.
+
 ## Dependencies
 
 All dependencies must be included in the catalogue.
diff --git a/manifests/monitoring/target.pp b/manifests/monitoring/target.pp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..54945be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifests/monitoring/target.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+## confdroid_fail2ban::monitoring::target.pp
+# Module name: confdroid_fail2ban
+# Author: 12ww1160 (12ww1160@puppetsoft.com)
+# @summary class manages exports for nagios monitoring
+##############################################################################
+class confdroid_fail2ban::monitoring::target (
+
+) inherits confdroid_fail2ban::params {
+  if $fn_incl_target == true {
+    @@nagios_service { "check_fail2ban_${fqdn}":
+      check_command       => 'check_procs -c 1:1 -a fail2ban-server',
+      use                 => 'generic-service',
+      host_name           => $fqdn,
+      notification_period => '24x7',
+      service_description => "${fqdn}_check_fail2ban",
+      target              => $fn_target_service,
+      owner               => 'nagios',
+      group               => 'nagios',
+      mode                => '0640',
+      contacts            => $fn_target_contacts,
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 23fcab3..4ad3a77 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -100,6 +100,12 @@
 #   (uses action.d/badips.conf for reporting only).
 # @param [String] fn_default_action Choose default action.
 # @param [String] fn_jail_paths the fail path. defaults to fedora.
+# @param [Boolean] fn_incl_target Whether to include monitoring targets for
+#   nagios. If set to true, monitoring targets will be included for the service.
+# @param [String] fn_target_service The path to the nagios service configuration
+#   file to be created if fn_incl_target is set to true.
+# @param [String] fn_target_contacts The nagios contacts to be notified for
+#   the service if fn_incl_target is set to true.
 ###############################################################################
 class confdroid_fail2ban::params (
 
@@ -155,6 +161,11 @@ class confdroid_fail2ban::params (
   String $fn_default_action           = 'action_',
   String $fn_jail_paths               = 'fedora',
 
+# nagios
+  Boolean $fn_incl_target             = false,
+  String $fn_target_service           = '/etc/nagios/conf.d/fail2ban_service.cfg',
+  String $fn_target_contacts          = 'nagiosadmin',
+
 ) {
 # shortcuts
   $fqdn                           = $facts['networking']['fqdn']