diff --git a/fail-monitor/Makefile.am b/fail-monitor/Makefile.am
index 1976be1..6c5c5b2 100644
--- a/fail-monitor/Makefile.am
+++ b/fail-monitor/Makefile.am
@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
 AM_DEFAULT_SOURCE_EXT = .cpp
+AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)
 
 sbin_PROGRAMS = \
 	phosphor-unit-failure-monitor
 
 phosphor_unit_failure_monitor_SOURCES = \
-	main.cpp
+	main.cpp \
+	monitor.cpp
+
+phosphor_unit_failure_monitor_LDADD = \
+	$(PHOSPHOR_LOGGING_LIBS)
+
+phosphor_unit_failure_monitor_CXXFLAGS = \
+	$(PHOSPHOR_LOGGING_CFLAGS)
diff --git a/fail-monitor/monitor.cpp b/fail-monitor/monitor.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1936e27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fail-monitor/monitor.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright © 2017 IBM Corporation
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+#include <phosphor-logging/log.hpp>
+#include "monitor.hpp"
+
+namespace phosphor
+{
+namespace unit
+{
+namespace failure
+{
+
+using namespace phosphor::logging;
+
+constexpr auto FAILED_STATE = "failed";
+constexpr auto START_METHOD = "StartUnit";
+constexpr auto STOP_METHOD = "StopUnit";
+
+constexpr auto SYSTEMD_SERVICE   = "org.freedesktop.systemd1";
+constexpr auto SYSTEMD_OBJ_PATH  = "/org/freedesktop/systemd1";
+constexpr auto SYSTEMD_INTERFACE = "org.freedesktop.systemd1.Manager";
+constexpr auto SYSTEMD_PROPERTY_INTERFACE = "org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties";
+constexpr auto SYSTEMD_UNIT_INTERFACE = "org.freedesktop.systemd1.Unit";
+
+
+void Monitor::analyze()
+{
+    if (inFailedState(std::move(getSourceUnitPath())))
+    {
+        runTargetAction();
+    }
+}
+
+
+bool Monitor::inFailedState(const std::string&& path)
+{
+    sdbusplus::message::variant<std::string> property;
+
+    auto method = bus.new_method_call(SYSTEMD_SERVICE,
+                                      path.c_str(),
+                                      SYSTEMD_PROPERTY_INTERFACE,
+                                      "Get");
+
+    method.append(SYSTEMD_UNIT_INTERFACE, "ActiveState");
+
+    auto reply = bus.call(method);
+    if (reply.is_method_error())
+    {
+        log<level::ERR>("Failed reading ActiveState DBus property",
+                entry("UNIT=%s", source.c_str()));
+        // TODO openbmc/openbmc#851 - Once available, throw returned error
+        throw std::runtime_error("Failed reading ActiveState DBus property");
+    }
+
+    reply.read(property);
+
+    auto value = sdbusplus::message::variant_ns::get<std::string>(property);
+    return (value == FAILED_STATE);
+}
+
+
+std::string Monitor::getSourceUnitPath()
+{
+    sdbusplus::message::object_path path;
+
+    auto method = bus.new_method_call(SYSTEMD_SERVICE,
+                                      SYSTEMD_OBJ_PATH,
+                                      SYSTEMD_INTERFACE,
+                                      "GetUnit");
+    method.append(source);
+    auto reply = bus.call(method);
+
+    if (reply.is_method_error())
+    {
+        log<level::ERR>("Failed GetUnit DBus method call",
+                entry("UNIT=%s", source.c_str()));
+        // TODO openbmc/openbmc#851 - Once available, throw returned error
+        throw std::runtime_error("Failed GetUnit DBus method call");
+    }
+
+    reply.read(path);
+
+    return static_cast<std::string>(path);
+}
+
+
+void Monitor::runTargetAction()
+{
+    //Start or stop the target unit
+    auto methodCall = (action == Action::start) ?
+                      START_METHOD : STOP_METHOD;
+
+    log<level::INFO>("The source unit is in failed state, "
+                     "running target action",
+                     entry("SOURCE=%s", source.c_str()),
+                     entry("TARGET=%s", target.c_str()),
+                     entry("ACTION=%s", methodCall));
+
+    auto method = this->bus.new_method_call(SYSTEMD_SERVICE,
+                                            SYSTEMD_OBJ_PATH,
+                                            SYSTEMD_INTERFACE,
+                                            methodCall);
+    method.append(target);
+    method.append("replace");
+
+    auto reply = bus.call(method);
+
+    if (reply.is_method_error())
+    {
+        log<level::ERR>("Failed to run action on the target unit",
+                entry("UNIT=%s", target.c_str()));
+        // TODO openbmc/openbmc#851 - Once available, throw returned error
+        throw std::runtime_error("Failed to run action on the target unit");
+    }
+}
+
+}
+}
+}
diff --git a/fail-monitor/monitor.hpp b/fail-monitor/monitor.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5aa2170
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fail-monitor/monitor.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <sdbusplus/bus.hpp>
+
+namespace phosphor
+{
+namespace unit
+{
+namespace failure
+{
+
+/**
+ * @class Monitor
+ *
+ * This class will analyze a unit to see if it is in the failed
+ * state.  If it is, it will either start or stop a target unit.
+ *
+ * The use case is for running from the OnFailure directive in a
+ * unit file.  If that unit keeps failing and restarting, it will
+ * eventually exceed its rate limits and stop being restarted.
+ * This application will allow another unit to be started when that
+ * occurs.
+ */
+class Monitor
+{
+    public:
+
+        /**
+         * The valid actions - either starting or stopping a unit
+         */
+        enum class Action
+        {
+            start,
+            stop
+        };
+
+        Monitor() = delete;
+        Monitor(const Monitor&) = delete;
+        Monitor(Monitor&&) = default;
+        Monitor& operator=(const Monitor&) = delete;
+        Monitor& operator=(Monitor&&) = default;
+        ~Monitor() = default;
+
+        /**
+         * Constructor
+         *
+         * @param[in] sourceUnit - the source unit
+         * @param[in] targetUnit - the target unit
+         * @param[in] action - the action to run on the target
+         */
+        Monitor(const std::string& sourceUnit,
+                const std::string& targetUnit,
+                Action action) :
+            bus(std::move(sdbusplus::bus::new_default())),
+            source(sourceUnit),
+            target(targetUnit),
+            action(action)
+            {
+            }
+
+        /**
+         * Analyzes the source unit to check if it is in a failed state.
+         * If it is, then it runs the action on the target unit.
+         */
+        void analyze();
+
+    private:
+
+        /**
+         * Returns the dbus object path of the source unit
+         */
+        std::string getSourceUnitPath();
+
+        /**
+         * Says if the unit object passed in has an
+         * ActiveState property equal to 'failed'.
+         *
+         * @param[in] path - the unit object path to check
+         *
+         * @return - true if this unit is in the failed state
+         */
+        bool inFailedState(const std::string&& path);
+
+        /**
+         * Runs the action on the target unit.
+         */
+        void runTargetAction();
+
+        /**
+         * The dbus object
+         */
+        sdbusplus::bus::bus bus;
+
+        /**
+         * The source unit
+         */
+        const std::string source;
+
+        /**
+         * The target unit
+         */
+        const std::string target;
+
+        /**
+         * The action to run on the target if the source
+         * unit is in failed state.
+         */
+        const Action action;
+};
+
+}
+}
+}