diff --git a/roles/nagios_client/tasks/main.yml b/roles/nagios_client/tasks/main.yml
index 5a62458755..231e03c7bd 100644
--- a/roles/nagios_client/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/nagios_client/tasks/main.yml
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@
   - check_fedmsg_consumers.cfg
   - check_supybot_fedmsg_plugin.cfg
   - check_datanommer_history.cfg
+  - check_memcache.cfg
   notify:
   - restart nrpe
   tags:
diff --git a/roles/nagios_client/templates/check_memcache_proc.cfg.j2 b/roles/nagios_client/templates/check_memcache_proc.cfg.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b350a654e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/nagios_client/templates/check_memcache_proc.cfg.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+command[check_memcache]=/usr/lib64/nagios/plugins/check_procs -c 1:1 -a '/usr/bin/memcached' -u memcached
+