diff --git a/roles/collectd/fedmsg-service/files/fedmsg-service-collectd.py b/roles/collectd/fedmsg-service/files/fedmsg-service-collectd.py
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index 0000000000..2dcccc6731
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+++ b/roles/collectd/fedmsg-service/files/fedmsg-service-collectd.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+""" fedmsg-service-collectd.py -- produce collectd stats on fedmsg daemons """
+
+import json
+import os
+import pprint
+import socket
+import sys
+import time
+import zmq
+
+
+hostname = socket.gethostname().split('.')[0]
+
+
+def print_consumer(service, consumer):
+    timestamp = int(time.time())
+    print "PUTVAL %s/%s/queue_length-%s interval=5 %i:%i" % (
+        hostname,
+        service,
+        '%s_backlog' % consumer['name'],
+        timestamp,
+        consumer['backlog']
+    )
+    print "PUTVAL %s/%s/gauge-%s interval=5 %i:%i" % (
+        hostname,
+        service,
+        '%s_exceptions' % consumer['name'],
+        timestamp,
+        consumer['exceptions']
+    )
+
+
+def print_producer(service, producer):
+    timestamp = int(time.time())
+    print "PUTVAL %s/%s/gauge-%s interval=5 %i:%i" % (
+        hostname,
+        service,
+        '%s_exceptions' % producer['name'],
+        timestamp,
+        producer['exceptions']
+    )
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    service, = sys.argv[-1:]
+    fname = '/var/run/fedmsg/monitoring-%s.socket' % service
+
+    if not os.path.exists(fname):
+        print "UNKNOWN - %s does not exist" % fname
+        sys.exit(3)
+
+    connect_to = "ipc:///%s" % fname
+
+    ctx = zmq.Context()
+    s = ctx.socket(zmq.SUB)
+    s.connect(connect_to)
+
+    s.setsockopt(zmq.SUBSCRIBE, '')
+
+    try:
+        while True:
+            msg = s.recv()
+            msg = json.loads(msg)
+            for consumer in msg['consumers']:
+                 if consumer['initialized']:
+                    print_consumer(service, consumer)
+            for producer in msg['producers']:
+                 if producer['initialized']:
+                    print_producer(service, producer)
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        pass
diff --git a/roles/collectd/fedmsg-service/tasks/main.yml b/roles/collectd/fedmsg-service/tasks/main.yml
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index 0000000000..71018d6e8d
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+++ b/roles/collectd/fedmsg-service/tasks/main.yml
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+---
+
+- name: Copy in /usr/local/bin/fedmsg-service-collectd
+  copy: >
+    src=fedmsg-service-collectd.py
+    dest=/usr/local/bin/fedmsg-service-collectd
+    mode=0755
+  notify: restart collectd
+
+- name: Copy in /etc/collectd.d/fedmsg-service.conf
+  template: >
+    src=fedmsg-service.conf
+    dest=/etc/collectd.d/{{ process }}-conf
+  notify: restart collectd
diff --git a/roles/collectd/fedmsg-service/templates/fedmsg-service.conf b/roles/collectd/fedmsg-service/templates/fedmsg-service.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..322006c3e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/collectd/fedmsg-service/templates/fedmsg-service.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+LoadPlugin exec
+<Plugin exec>
+    Exec "{{ process }}" "/usr/local/bin/fedmsg-service-collectd {{ process }}"
+</Plugin>