diff --git a/debian/config/check_kernel b/debian/config/check_kernel
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ffb6040d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/config/check_kernel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+nagios ALL=(ALL:ALL) NOPASSWD: /etc/icinga2/scripts/check_kernel
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 33ee70662..153ae1e34 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Description: host and network monitoring system
 
 Package: icinga2-common
 Architecture: all
-Depends: adduser, ${misc:Depends}
+Depends: adduser, sudo, binutils, ${misc:Depends}
 Description: host and network monitoring system - common files
  Icinga 2 is still in development and not ready for production use!
  .
diff --git a/debian/icinga2-common.install b/debian/icinga2-common.install
index e3ade60de..77bc31dd7 100644
--- a/debian/icinga2-common.install
+++ b/debian/icinga2-common.install
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 debian/tmp/etc/icinga2
 debian/config/apt.conf        etc/icinga2/conf.d/hosts/localhost
 debian/config/kernel.conf     etc/icinga2/conf.d/hosts/localhost
+debian/config/check_kernel    etc/sudoers.d
 usr/bin/icinga2-build*
 usr/bin/icinga2-sign-key
 usr/sbin/icinga2-*-feature