diff --git a/global/overlay/etc/puppet/cosmos-rules.yaml b/global/overlay/etc/puppet/cosmos-rules.yaml
index 47448751..c2fb9c3f 100644
--- a/global/overlay/etc/puppet/cosmos-rules.yaml
+++ b/global/overlay/etc/puppet/cosmos-rules.yaml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ nic.komreg.net:
    autoupdate:
    konsulter:
    nagios_monitor:
+   nic_checks:
 
 r1.komreg.net:
    sunet_iaas_cloud:
diff --git a/global/overlay/etc/puppet/manifests/cosmos-site.pp b/global/overlay/etc/puppet/manifests/cosmos-site.pp
index 04e2806a..ce297582 100644
--- a/global/overlay/etc/puppet/manifests/cosmos-site.pp
+++ b/global/overlay/etc/puppet/manifests/cosmos-site.pp
@@ -675,4 +675,8 @@ class nagios_monitor {
    #   description    => 'check https certificate validity on port 443',
    #   contact_groups => ['alerts']
    #}
+
+class nic_checks {
+  sunet::nagios::nrpe_check_nagios { 'nagios': }
+}
 }