diff --git a/roles/nagios_client/tasks/main.yml b/roles/nagios_client/tasks/main.yml
index 255b7ebfb1..c44f05c79e 100644
--- a/roles/nagios_client/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/nagios_client/tasks/main.yml
@@ -233,6 +233,21 @@
   tags:
   - nagios_client
 
+- name: install nrpe checks for the RabbitMQ cluster
+  template:
+    src: "{{ item }}.j2"
+    dest: "/etc/nrpe.d/{{ item }}"
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: 0600
+  with_items:
+  - rabbitmq_args.cfg
+  when: inventory_hostname.startswith('rabbitmq')
+  notify:
+  - restart nrpe
+  tags:
+  - nagios_client
+
 - name: nrpe service start
   service: name=nrpe state=started enabled=true
   tags:
diff --git a/roles/nagios_client/templates/rabbitmq_args.cfg.j2 b/roles/nagios_client/templates/rabbitmq_args.cfg.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ee3078d701
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/nagios_client/templates/rabbitmq_args.cfg.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[common]
+hostname = localhost
+username = nagios-monitoring
+password = {{ (env == 'production')|ternary(rabbitmq_monitoring_password_production, rabbitmq_monitoring_password_staging) }}
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diff --git a/roles/nagios_server/files/nagios/services/rabbitmq.cfg b/roles/nagios_server/files/nagios/services/rabbitmq.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..826af40e90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/nagios_server/files/nagios/services/rabbitmq.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+define service {
+  host_name             rabbitmq01.phx2.fedoraproject.org
+  service_description   Check bus server processes
+  check_command         check_by_nrpe!check_rabbitmq_server!common@/etc/nrpe.d/rabbitmq_args.cfg
+  use                   defaulttemplate
+}
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