diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index 1c7a3e8..c7f6bff 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -228,6 +228,12 @@ class sshd::base {
         hasstatus => true,
 		require => File[sshd_config],
     }
+    if $use_nagios {
+        case $nagios_check_ssh {
+            'false': { info("We don't do nagioschecks for ssh on ${fqdn}" ) }
+            default: { nagios::service{ "ssh_port_${sshd_port}": check_command => "ssh_port!$sshd_port" } }
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 class sshd::linux inherits sshd::base {