diff --git a/roles/fedmsg/gateway/slave/tasks/main.yml b/roles/fedmsg/gateway/slave/tasks/main.yml
index 1d2e270869..47b0c9b79c 100644
--- a/roles/fedmsg/gateway/slave/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/fedmsg/gateway/slave/tasks/main.yml
@@ -101,3 +101,15 @@
   tags:
   - fedmsg/gateway
   - fedmsg/gateway/slave
+
+- name: ensure that nrpe has rights to monitor us
+  file: >
+    dest=/var/run/fedmsg/monitoring-fedmsg-gateway.socket
+    mode=0775
+    owner=fedmsg
+    group=nrpe
+    state=file
+  ignore_errors: true
+  tags:
+  - fedmsgmonitor
+