diff --git a/roles/nagios_server/files/nagios/services/memcached.cfg b/roles/nagios_server/files/nagios/services/memcached.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9f497b50c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/nagios_server/files/nagios/services/memcached.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+define service {
+  host_name             memcached01
+  service_description   Check memcached daemon
+  check_command         check_by_nrpe!check_memcache
+  use                   defaulttemplate
+}
+define service {
+  host_name             memcached02
+  service_description   Check memcached daemon
+  check_command         check_by_nrpe!check_memcache
+  use                   defaulttemplate
+}
diff --git a/roles/nagios_server/files/nrpe.cfg b/roles/nagios_server/files/nrpe.cfg
index 65a64aac91..4a263fa926 100644
--- a/roles/nagios_server/files/nrpe.cfg
+++ b/roles/nagios_server/files/nrpe.cfg
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ command[check_fcomm_cache_worker_proc]=/usr/lib64/nagios/plugins/check_procs -c
 command[check_fcomm_queue]=/usr/lib64/nagios/plugins/check_fcomm_queue
 command[check_redis_proc]=/usr/lib64/nagios/plugins/check_procs -c 1:1 -C 'redis-server' -u redis
 command[check_openvpn_link]=/usr/lib64/nagios/plugins/check_ping -H 192.168.1.58 -w 375.0,20% -c 500,60%
+command[check_memcache]=/usr/lib64/nagios/plugins/check_procs -c 1:1 -a '/usr/bin/memcached' -u memcached
 
 # The following are fedmsg/datanommer checks to be run on busgateway01.
 # They check for the time since the latest message in any particular category.