diff --git a/build/download-info b/build/download-info
index bcbe8326ca1a744d14dc14b81c48dbec79820e98..08326e89edec1eb44952ea3bfdabdabbd92b568d 100644
--- a/build/download-info
+++ b/build/download-info
@@ -168,3 +168,6 @@ uClibc-0.9.32.tar.bz2 cfcb6c25d8ebe12817499d8749ee8ae1 \
zlib-1.2.5.tar.bz2 be1e89810e66150f5b0327984d8625a0 \
http://kent.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/libpng/zlib-1.2.5.tar.bz2
+
+monit-5.10.tar.gz 5b5b5cc7939b975bbbef73bd6426750a \
+ http://mmonit.com/monit/dist/monit-5.10.tar.gz
diff --git a/configs/buildroot/wrs_release_br2_config b/configs/buildroot/wrs_release_br2_config
index 84225e07c6c08146607002463cd2726e76a93b8b..887c46139ad2b0639a70f6cac0bf56210467a77a 100644
--- a/configs/buildroot/wrs_release_br2_config
+++ b/configs/buildroot/wrs_release_br2_config
@@ -1062,6 +1062,7 @@ BR2_PACKAGE_SCREEN=y
#
# BR2_PACKAGE_HTOP is not set
# BR2_PACKAGE_MODULE_INIT_TOOLS is not set
+BR2_PACKAGE_MONIT=y
BR2_PACKAGE_PROCPS=y
# BR2_PACKAGE_PSMISC is not set
BR2_PACKAGE_RSYSLOG=y
diff --git a/patches/buildroot/0004-add-monit.patch b/patches/buildroot/0004-add-monit.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..364167850b23b13a74e0e13cb448076bcf532154
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/buildroot/0004-add-monit.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+From efe1355563ac28c2f1a1ac689d6f5001bef627b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Adam Wujek <adam.wujek@cern.ch>
+Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 13:48:13 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] add monit
+
+Commit based on patches from buildroot
+
+Signed-off-by: Adam Wujek <adam.wujek@cern.ch>
+---
+ package/Config.in | 3 ++
+ package/monit/Config.in | 15 ++++++++++
+ package/monit/monit-0001-no-force-static.patch | 20 +++++++++++++
+ package/monit/monit.mk | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ 4 files changed, 79 insertions(+)
+ create mode 100644 package/monit/Config.in
+ create mode 100644 package/monit/monit-0001-no-force-static.patch
+ create mode 100644 package/monit/monit.mk
+
+diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
+index 4b5e5d8..d767060 100644
+--- a/package/Config.in
++++ b/package/Config.in
+@@ -529,6 +529,9 @@ endif
+ source "package/htop/Config.in"
+ if BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_SHOW_OTHERS
+ source "package/module-init-tools/Config.in"
++endif
++source "package/monit/Config.in"
++if BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_SHOW_OTHERS
+ source "package/procps/Config.in"
+ source "package/psmisc/Config.in"
+ source "package/rsyslog/Config.in"
+diff --git a/package/monit/Config.in b/package/monit/Config.in
+new file mode 100644
+index 0000000..794ef76
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/package/monit/Config.in
+@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
++config BR2_PACKAGE_MONIT
++ bool "monit"
++ depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
++ depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
++ help
++ Monit is a free open source utility for managing and
++ monitoring, processes, programs, files, directories and
++ filesystems on a UNIX system. Monit conducts automatic
++ maintenance and repair and can execute meaningful causal
++ actions in error situations.
++
++ http://mmonit.com/monit/
++
++comment "monit requires a toolchain with threads support"
++ depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+diff --git a/package/monit/monit-0001-no-force-static.patch b/package/monit/monit-0001-no-force-static.patch
+new file mode 100644
+index 0000000..edb619b
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/package/monit/monit-0001-no-force-static.patch
+@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
++Do not force building a statically-linked binary
++
++Statically-linked binary do not work well with glibc, because it
++still dlopen()s the NSS libraries.
++
++Reported-by: Peter Kümmel <syntheticpp@gmx.net>
++Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
++
++diff -durN monit-5.7.orig/Makefile.am monit-5.7/Makefile.am
++--- monit-5.7.orig/Makefile.am 2014-02-20 09:00:42.000000000 +0100
+++++ monit-5.7/Makefile.am 2014-09-05 12:49:43.711104001 +0200
++@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
++ src/process/sysdep_@ARCH@.c
++
++ monit_LDADD = libmonit/libmonit.la
++-monit_LDFLAGS = -static $(EXTLDFLAGS)
+++monit_LDFLAGS = $(EXTLDFLAGS)
++
++ man_MANS = monit.1
++
+diff --git a/package/monit/monit.mk b/package/monit/monit.mk
+new file mode 100644
+index 0000000..ef70a7a
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/package/monit/monit.mk
+@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
++#############################################################
++#
++# monit
++#
++#############################################################
++
++MONIT_VERSION = 5.10
++MONIT_SITE = http://mmonit.com/monit/dist/
++MONIT_LICENSE = AGPLv3 with OpenSSL exception
++MONIT_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
++#
++# Touching Makefile.am:
++MONIT_AUTORECONF = YES
++
++# Missing m4/ directory in the source tree
++define MONIT_M4
++ mkdir -p $(@D)/m4
++endef
++MONIT_POST_PATCH_HOOKS += MONIT_M4
++
++MONIT_CONF_ENV = \
++ libmonit_cv_setjmp_available=yes \
++ libmonit_cv_vsnprintf_c99_conformant=yes
++
++MONIT_CONF_OPT += \
++ --without-pam --enable-optimized
++
++ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),y)
++MONIT_CONF_OPT += --with-ssl=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr
++MONIT_DEPENDENCIES += openssl
++else
++MONIT_CONF_OPT += --without-ssl
++endif
++
++ifeq ($(BR2_LARGEFILE),y)
++MONIT_CONF_OPT += --with-largefiles
++else
++MONIT_CONF_OPT += --without-largefiles
++endif
++
++$(eval $(call AUTOTARGETS))
+--
+1.9.1
+