diff --git a/roles/nagios_client/files/scripts/check_testcloud b/roles/nagios_client/files/scripts/check_testcloud
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eb8c7aab3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/nagios_client/files/scripts/check_testcloud
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+RUNNING_VMS=`testcloud instance list | grep -i 'running' | wc -l`
+CRITICAL=20
+WARNING=15
+
+
+if [ $RUNNING_VMS -gt $CRITICAL ]
+then
+    echo "Testcloud: CRITICAL Number of VMs running: $RUNNING_VMS"
+    exit 2
+elif [ $RUNNING_VMS -gt $WARNING ]
+then
+    echo "Testcloud: WARNING Number of VMs running: $RUNNING_VMS"
+    exit 1
+else
+    echo "Testcloud: OK Number of VMs running: $RUNNING_VMS"
+    exit 0
+fi
diff --git a/roles/nagios_client/tasks/main.yml b/roles/nagios_client/tasks/main.yml
index a45c231499..fb172929c9 100644
--- a/roles/nagios_client/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/nagios_client/tasks/main.yml
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
   - check_memcache_connect
   - check_readonly_fs
   - check_lock_file_age
+  - check_testcloud
   when: not inventory_hostname.startswith('noc')
   tags:
   - nagios_client
@@ -121,6 +122,7 @@
   - check_koschei_resolver_proc.cfg
   - check_koschei_scheduler_proc.cfg
   - check_koschei_watcher_proc.cfg
+  - check_testcloud.cfg
   notify:
   - restart nrpe
   tags:
diff --git a/roles/nagios_client/templates/check_testcloud.cfg.j2 b/roles/nagios_client/templates/check_testcloud.cfg.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..25a314f2b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/nagios_client/templates/check_testcloud.cfg.j2
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+command[check_testcloud]={{ libdir }}/nagios/plugins/check_testcloud