diff --git a/monit/debian/control b/monit/debian/control
index 024f6b1d..1a1b869e 100644
--- a/monit/debian/control
+++ b/monit/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Section: web
 Priority: extra
 Maintainer: James Carter <jcarter@bytemark.co.uk>
 Uploaders: Patrick J Cherry <patrick@bytemark.co.uk>, Steve Kemp <steve@bytemark.co.uk>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.0.0), txt2man, gem2deb, ruby
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.0.0), txt2man, gem2deb, ruby, dh-systemd
 Standards-Version: 3.9.6
 XS-Ruby-Versions: all
 
diff --git a/monit/debian/rules b/monit/debian/rules
index df588234..a3bf5724 100755
--- a/monit/debian/rules
+++ b/monit/debian/rules
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #export DH_RUBY_GEMSPEC=gem.gemspec
 
 %:
-	dh $@ --buildsystem=ruby --with ruby
+	dh $@ --buildsystem=ruby --with ruby,systemd
 
 override_dh_auto_build-indep:
 	$(MAKE) all
diff --git a/monit/debian/symbiosis-monit.install b/monit/debian/symbiosis-monit.install
index f31d2a5e..eeef6bf3 100644
--- a/monit/debian/symbiosis-monit.install
+++ b/monit/debian/symbiosis-monit.install
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-sbin/symbiosis-monit          usr/sbin/
+sbin/*                        usr/sbin/
 monit.d/*                     usr/share/symbiosis/monit/checks/
 templates/*                   usr/share/symbiosis/monit/
 lib/*                         usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/
 test.d/*                      etc/symbiosis/test.d/
-
+system/*                      lib/systemd/system/
diff --git a/monit/sbin/symbiosis-monit-failure-email b/monit/sbin/symbiosis-monit-failure-email
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..f0b1c4f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/monit/sbin/symbiosis-monit-failure-email
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+args="--since=today"
+[ -e "/var/tmp/symbiosis-monit.cursor" ] && args="--after-cursor=$(</var/tmp/symbiosis-monit.cursor)"
+
+journalctl -b0 $args -o cat -u "symbiosis-monit.service" | mail -s "Symbiosis monitor detected service failure" root
diff --git a/monit/system/symbiosis-monit-failure-email.service b/monit/system/symbiosis-monit-failure-email.service
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e5dbabf3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/monit/system/symbiosis-monit-failure-email.service
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Notify by email about symbiosis-monit failure
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/symbiosis-monit-failure-email
diff --git a/monit/system/symbiosis-monit.service b/monit/system/symbiosis-monit.service
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..817186e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/monit/system/symbiosis-monit.service
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Symbiosis monitor
+OnFailure=symbiosis-monit-failure-email.service
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c 'journalctl -o cat -n 0 -u %n --show-cursor | cut -f3 -d" " | sudo -u nobody tee /var/tmp/symbiosis-monit.cursor >/dev/null'
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/symbiosis-monit -t email /etc/symbiosis/monit.d
diff --git a/monit/system/symbiosis-monit.timer b/monit/system/symbiosis-monit.timer
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5aeacb94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/monit/system/symbiosis-monit.timer
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Regularly execute symbiosis-monit.service
+
+[Timer]
+# run every 2 minutes
+OnCalendar=*:0/2
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=timers.target