diff --git a/scripts/zabbix/pathchecker.py b/scripts/zabbix/pathchecker.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..925ffd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/zabbix/pathchecker.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import os,sys
+
+files = sys.argv[1:]
+if not files:
+    print "you must specify a file"
+    sys.exit(1)
+for file in files:
+    if os.access(file, os.R_OK):
+        print 1
+    else:
+        print 0