diff --git a/files/monitoring b/files/monitoring
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..936b1aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/monitoring
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+server {
+	listen 127.0.0.1:5234;
+
+	location /nginx_status {
+		stub_status on;
+		access_log   off;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/meta/main.yml b/meta/main.yml
index 9256337..6b67d95 100644
--- a/meta/main.yml
+++ b/meta/main.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 ---
 dependencies:
+  - { role: monitoring }
   - { role: pki-server }
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 32b3782..6c33568 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -32,3 +32,19 @@
 
 - name: delete nginx default config
   file: path=/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default state=absent
+
+- name: copy nginx status config
+  copy:
+    src: monitoring
+    dest: /etc/nginx/sites-available/monitoring
+    mode: 0755
+  notify:
+  - restart nginx
+
+- name: activate nginx status config
+  file:
+    path: /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/monitoring
+    src: /etc/nginx/sites-available/monitoring
+    state: link
+  notify:
+  - restart nginx
diff --git a/vars/main.yml b/vars/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..76aefda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vars/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+monitoring:
+  checks:
+    local:
+      nginx_status: {}