diff --git a/playbooks/groups/busgateway.yml b/playbooks/groups/busgateway.yml
index 85f339d8db..c548409816 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/busgateway.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/busgateway.yml
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
     process: fedmsg-relay
   - role: collectd/fedmsg-service
     process: fedmsg-gateway
+  - role: collectd/fedmsg-activation
 
   vars_files: 
    - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/global.yml
diff --git a/roles/collectd/fedmsg-activation/files/fedmsg-activation.conf b/roles/collectd/fedmsg-activation/files/fedmsg-activation.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a682c3a3bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/collectd/fedmsg-activation/files/fedmsg-activation.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+LoadPlugin exec
+<Plugin exec>
+    Exec "fedmsg" "/usr/local/bin/fedmsg-map collectd"
+</Plugin>
diff --git a/roles/collectd/fedmsg-activation/files/fedmsg-map.py b/roles/collectd/fedmsg-activation/files/fedmsg-map.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a91bebc752
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/collectd/fedmsg-activation/files/fedmsg-map.py
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+""" Utility to scan a fedmsg setup for port availability.
+
+Reports what percentage of fedmsg endpoints are bound and ready.
+"""
+
+import base64
+import collections
+import socket
+import sys
+import time
+
+import fedmsg.config
+config = fedmsg.config.load_config()
+
+timeout = 0.2
+expected = '/wAAAAAAAAABfw=='
+
+active = collections.defaultdict(list)
+inactive = collections.defaultdict(list)
+
+for_collectd = 'collectd' in sys.argv
+
+
+def info(content="\n"):
+    if not for_collectd:
+        sys.stdout.write(content)
+        sys.stdout.flush()
+
+
+def do_scan():
+    for i, item in enumerate(config['endpoints'].items()):
+        name, endpoints = item
+        for endpoint in endpoints:
+            if not endpoint.startswith('tcp://'):
+                raise ValueError("Don't know how to deal with %r" % endpoint)
+            endpoint = endpoint[len('tcp://'):].split(':')
+            connection = None
+            try:
+                connection = socket.create_connection(endpoint, timeout)
+                actual = base64.b64encode(connection.recv(10))
+                if actual != expected:
+                    inactive[name].append((
+                        endpoint, "%r is not %r" % (actual, expected)))
+                    info("F")
+                else:
+                    active[name].append((endpoint, "all active"))
+                    info(".")
+            except socket.error as e:
+                inactive[name].append((endpoint, str(e)))
+                info("F")
+                if connection:
+                    connection.close()
+
+    info()
+
+    if 'verbose' in sys.argv:
+        import pprint;
+        pprint.pprint(dict(active))
+        pprint.pprint(dict(inactive))
+
+    header = "".join([
+        "name".center(29),
+        "active".rjust(8),
+        "inactive".rjust(9),
+        "percent".rjust(9),
+        "reason".center(32),
+    ])
+    info()
+    info(header + "\n")
+    info("-" * len(header) + "\n")
+
+    active_n_total, inactive_n_total = 0, 0
+    for name in sorted(config['endpoints']):
+        active_n = len(active[name])
+        inactive_n = len(inactive[name])
+
+        active_n_total += active_n
+        inactive_n_total += inactive_n
+
+        total = active_n + inactive_n
+
+        percent = ""
+        if total:
+            percent = "%%%0.1f" % (100 * float(active_n) / total)
+
+        reasons = set([reason for _, reason in inactive[name]])
+
+        info(name.rjust(29))
+        info(str(active_n).rjust(8))
+        info(str(inactive_n).rjust(9))
+        info(percent.rjust(9))
+        info(", ".join(reasons).rjust(32) + "\n")
+
+    info("-" * len(header) + "\n")
+
+    info("  total active:   %i\n" % active_n_total)
+    info("total inactive:   %i\n" % inactive_n_total)
+    value = 100 * float(active_n_total) / (active_n_total + inactive_n_total)
+    info("percent active: %%%0.1f\n" % value)
+    return value
+
+if not for_collectd:
+    do_scan()
+else:
+    interval = 10
+    host = socket.getfqdn()
+    while True:
+        start = timestamp = time.time()
+        value = do_scan()
+        stop = time.time()
+        delta = stop - start
+        output = (
+            "PUTVAL "
+            "{host}/fedmsg/percent "
+            "interval={interval} "
+            "{timestamp}:{value}"
+        ).format(
+            host=host,
+            interval=interval,
+            timestamp=int(timestamp),
+            value=value)
+        print(output)
+        if interval - delta > 0:
+            time.sleep(interval - delta)
diff --git a/roles/collectd/fedmsg-activation/tasks/main.yml b/roles/collectd/fedmsg-activation/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c3059f0c13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/collectd/fedmsg-activation/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+- name: Copy in /usr/local/bin/fedmsg-map
+  copy: src=fedmsg-map.py dest=/usr/local/bin/fedmsg-map mode=0755
+  tags:
+  - collectd
+  notify: restart collectd
+
+- name: Copy in /etc/collectd.d/fedmsg-activation/conf
+  copy: src=fedmsg-activation.conf dest=/etc/collectd.d/fedmsg-activation.conf
+  tags:
+  - collectd
+  notify: restart collectd