diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/monit/monit/monit b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/monit/monit/monit
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+#! /bin/sh 
+#
+# This is an init script for openembedded
+# Copy it to /etc/init.d/monit and type
+# > update-rc.d monit defaults 89
+#
+monit=/usr/bin/monit
+pidfile=/var/run/monit.pid
+monit_args="-c /etc/monitrc"
+
+test -x "$monit" || exit 0
+
+case "$1" in
+  start)
+    echo -n "Starting Monit"
+    start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec $monit -- $monit_args
+    RETVAL=$?
+    echo "."
+    ;;
+  stop)
+    echo -n "Stopping Monit"
+    start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile $pidfile
+    RETVAL=$?
+    echo "."
+    ;;
+  restart)
+    $0 stop
+    $0 start
+    RETVAL=$?
+    ;;
+  status)
+    $monit $monit_args status
+    RETVAL=$?
+    echo "."
+    ;;
+  *)
+    echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|status}"
+    exit 1
+esac
+
+exit $RETVAL
+
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/monit/monit/monitrc b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/monit/monit/monitrc
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+###############################################################################
+## Monit control file
+###############################################################################
+##
+## Comments begin with a '#' and extend through the end of the line. Keywords
+## are case insensitive. All path's MUST BE FULLY QUALIFIED, starting with '/'.
+##
+## Below you will find examples of some frequently used statements. For
+## information about the control file and a complete list of statements and
+## options, please have a look in the Monit manual.
+##
+##
+###############################################################################
+## Global section
+###############################################################################
+##
+## Start Monit in the background (run as a daemon):
+#
+set daemon  30              # check services at 30 seconds intervals
+#   with start delay 240    # optional: delay the first check by 4-minutes (by
+#                           # default Monit check immediately after Monit start)
+#
+#
+## Set syslog logging. If you want to log to a standalone log file instead,
+## specify the full path to the log file
+#
+set log syslog
+
+set httpd port 2812
+    allow 0.0.0.0/0        # allow localhost to connect to the server and
+    allow admin:monit      # require user 'admin' with password 'monit'
+    #with ssl {            # enable SSL/TLS and set path to server certificate
+    #    pemfile: /etc/ssl/certs/monit.pem
+    #}
+
+###############################################################################
+## Includes
+###############################################################################
+##
+## It is possible to include additional configuration parts from other files or
+## directories.
+#
+include /etc/monit.d/*
+
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/monit/monit_5.26.0.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/monit/monit_5.26.0.bb
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+DESCRIPTION = "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."
+
+HOMEPAGE = "http://mmonit.com/monit/"
+
+LICENSE = "AGPL-3.0"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=ea116a7defaf0e93b3bb73b2a34a3f51 \
+                    file://libmonit/COPYING;md5=2405f1c59ed1bf3714cebdb40162ce92"
+
+SRC_URI = " \
+	https://mmonit.com/monit/dist/monit-${PV}.tar.gz \
+	file://monit \
+	file://monitrc \
+"
+
+SRC_URI[md5sum] = "9f7dc65e902c103e4c5891354994c3df"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "87fc4568a3af9a2be89040efb169e3a2e47b262f99e78d5ddde99dd89f02f3c2"
+
+DEPENDS = "zlib bison-native libnsl2 flex-native openssl virtual/crypt"
+
+inherit autotools-brokensep systemd update-rc.d
+
+PACKAGECONFIG ??= "${@bb.utils.filter('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'pam', d)}"
+PACKAGECONFIG[pam] = "--with-pam,--without-pam,libpam"
+
+EXTRA_OECONF = "\
+    libmonit_cv_setjmp_available=no \
+    libmonit_cv_vsnprintf_c99_conformant=no \
+    --with-ssl-lib-dir=${STAGING_LIBDIR} \
+    --with-ssl-incl-dir=${STAGING_INCDIR} \
+"
+
+SYSTEMD_SERVICE_${PN} = "monit.service"
+SYSTEMD_AUTO_ENABLE = "enable"
+
+INITSCRIPT_PACKAGES = "${PN}"
+INITSCRIPT_NAME_${PN} = "monit"
+INITSCRIPT_PARAMS_${PN} = "defaults 89"
+
+do_install_append() {
+
+    # Configuration file
+    install -Dm 0600 ${WORKDIR}/monitrc ${D}${sysconfdir}/monitrc
+
+    # SystemD
+    install -Dm 0644 ${S}/system/startup/monit.service.in ${D}${systemd_system_unitdir}/monit.service
+    sed -i -e 's,@prefix@,${exec_prefix},g' ${D}${systemd_unitdir}/system/monit.service
+
+    # SysV
+    install -Dm 0755 ${WORKDIR}/monit ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/monit
+}