diff --git a/roles/nagios_server/tasks/main.yml b/roles/nagios_server/tasks/main.yml
index 74c28af1f0..bfa32ddd4f 100644
--- a/roles/nagios_server/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/nagios_server/tasks/main.yml
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@
 - name: Copy irc-colorize.py
   copy: src=irc-colorize.py dest=/usr/local/bin/irc-colorize.py mode=0755 group=root owner=root
 
+- name: Copy specialized nrpe.cfg for nagios server
+  copy: src=nrpe.cfg dest=/etc/nagios/nrpe.cfg mode=0644 group=root owner=root
+
 - name: Copy check_nagios_notifications.py
   copy: src=check_nagios_notifications.py dest=/usr/local/bin/check_nagios_notifications.py mode=0755 group=root owner=root