diff --git a/roles/osbs-client/tasks/main.yml b/roles/osbs-client/tasks/main.yml
index ebbda1ea61..08d38092bc 100644
--- a/roles/osbs-client/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/osbs-client/tasks/main.yml
@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@
 - name: apply osbs-client templated config
   template: src=osbs.conf.j2 dest={{ osbs_client_conf_path }} mode=0600
 
+- name: set nrpe read access for osbs.conf for nagios monitoring
+  acl: name={{ osbs_client_conf_path }} entry="u:nrpe:r" state=present
+