diff --git a/xCAT-rmc/resources/mn/IBM.Condition/CheckxCATonSN.pm b/xCAT-rmc/resources/mn/IBM.Condition/CheckxCATonSN.pm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a72dc0611
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xCAT-rmc/resources/mn/IBM.Condition/CheckxCATonSN.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+$RES::Condition{'CheckxCATonSN'} = {
+        Name => q(CheckxCATonSN),
+        ResourceClass => q(IBM.Sensor),
+        EventExpression => q(String != "xcatd is ok"),
+        EventDescription => q(An event will be generated when xcatd is not working.),
+        RearmExpression => q(String == "xcatd is ok"),
+        RearmDescription => q(An rearm event will be generated when xcatd resumes working state.),
+        SelectionString => q(Name="CheckxCATSensor"),
+	ManagementScope => q(4),
+        Severity => q(1),
+};
+
+
+1;
diff --git a/xCAT-rmc/resources/mn/IBM.Sensor/CheckxCATSensor.pm b/xCAT-rmc/resources/mn/IBM.Sensor/CheckxCATSensor.pm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..80ea59118
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xCAT-rmc/resources/mn/IBM.Sensor/CheckxCATSensor.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+BEGIN
+{
+  $::XCATROOT = $ENV{'XCATROOT'} ? $ENV{'XCATROOT'} : '/opt/xcat';
+}
+use lib "$::XCATROOT/lib/perl";
+
+my $cmd="$::XCATROOT/sbin/rmcmon/check_xcatd";
+
+$RES::Sensor{'CheckxCATSensor'} = {
+	Name => q(CheckxCATSensor),
+	Command => "$cmd",
+	Description => "This sensor monitors the xcatd daemon.",
+	UserName => q(root),
+	RefreshInterval => q(60),
+        ErrorExitValue => q(1),
+        ControlFlags => q(0),
+};
+1;
diff --git a/xCAT-rmc/resources/sn/IBM.Sensor/CheckxCATSensor.pm b/xCAT-rmc/resources/sn/IBM.Sensor/CheckxCATSensor.pm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..80ea59118
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xCAT-rmc/resources/sn/IBM.Sensor/CheckxCATSensor.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+BEGIN
+{
+  $::XCATROOT = $ENV{'XCATROOT'} ? $ENV{'XCATROOT'} : '/opt/xcat';
+}
+use lib "$::XCATROOT/lib/perl";
+
+my $cmd="$::XCATROOT/sbin/rmcmon/check_xcatd";
+
+$RES::Sensor{'CheckxCATSensor'} = {
+	Name => q(CheckxCATSensor),
+	Command => "$cmd",
+	Description => "This sensor monitors the xcatd daemon.",
+	UserName => q(root),
+	RefreshInterval => q(60),
+        ErrorExitValue => q(1),
+        ControlFlags => q(0),
+};
+1;
diff --git a/xCAT-rmc/scripts/check_xcatd b/xCAT-rmc/scripts/check_xcatd
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..3de9036f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xCAT-rmc/scripts/check_xcatd
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+# IBM(c) 2010 EPL license http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+use strict;
+use locale;
+BEGIN
+{
+  $::XCATROOT = $ENV{'XCATROOT'} ? $ENV{'XCATROOT'} : '/opt/xcat';
+}
+
+use Getopt::Std;
+use IPC::SysV qw(IPC_STAT S_IRWXU IPC_PRIVATE IPC_CREAT S_IRUSR S_IWUSR );
+use IPC::Msg;
+
+my $rc=`$::XCATROOT/bin/lsxcatd -a 2>&1`;
+if ($?) {
+    print "$rc";
+} else {
+    print "xcatd is ok";
+}
+
+exit 0;
+