diff --git a/inventory/inventory b/inventory/inventory
index 6318444cef..6e2e103475 100644
--- a/inventory/inventory
+++ b/inventory/inventory
@@ -1180,3 +1180,16 @@ osbs-master01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org
 
 [docker-registry-stg]
 docker-registry01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org
+
+#
+# Hosts in this group have zombie processes for various reasons
+# and we want to not alert on those, so to the client nrpe.conf uses
+# this group to denote those.
+#
+[zombie-infested]
+# anon git via systemd socket seems to get zombies from time to time
+pkgs02.phx2.fedoraproject.org
+# the openstack 5.0 vnc console viewer causes bunches of Zombies
+fed-cloud09.cloud.fedoraproject.org
+# Ansible from time to time in large runs has zombie threads
+batcave01.phx2.fedoraproject.org
diff --git a/roles/nagios/client/templates/nrpe.cfg.j2 b/roles/nagios/client/templates/nrpe.cfg.j2
index ca61669f1f..6fb16e59ea 100644
--- a/roles/nagios/client/templates/nrpe.cfg.j2
+++ b/roles/nagios/client/templates/nrpe.cfg.j2
@@ -201,7 +201,12 @@ include_dir=/etc/nrpe.d/
 command[check_users]={{ libdir }}/nagios/plugins/check_users -w 5 -c 10
 command[check_load]={{ libdir }}/nagios/plugins/check_load -w 15,10,5 -c 30,25,20
 command[check_hda1]={{ libdir }}/nagios/plugins/check_disk -w 20% -c 10% -p /dev/hda1
+{% if inventory_hostname not in groups['zombie-infested']
 command[check_zombie_procs]={{ libdir }}/nagios/plugins/check_procs -w 5 -c 10 -s Z
+{% else %}
+# This host is prone to Zombies and we do not care or want to alert on it so we make the limits very high
+command[check_zombie_procs]={{ libdir }}/nagios/plugins/check_procs -w 50000 -c 100000 -s Z
+{% endif %}
 command[check_total_procs]={{ libdir }}/nagios/plugins/check_procs -w {{ nrpe_procs_warn }} -c {{ nrpe_procs_crit }}