diff --git a/debian/config/apt.conf b/debian/config/apt.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0222f2ba5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/config/apt.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+object Service "apt" {
+  import "generic-service"
+
+  host_name = "localhost"
+  check_command = "apt"
+}
diff --git a/debian/icinga2-common.install b/debian/icinga2-common.install
index 3843570b2..72d547a76 100644
--- a/debian/icinga2-common.install
+++ b/debian/icinga2-common.install
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 debian/tmp/etc/icinga2
+debian/config/apt.conf        etc/icinga2/conf.d/hosts/localhost
 usr/bin/icinga2-build*
 usr/bin/icinga2-sign-key
 usr/bin/icinga2-migrate-config