diff --git a/site-modules/profile/manifests/smartmontools.pp b/site-modules/profile/manifests/smartmontools.pp
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/site-modules/profile/manifests/smartmontools.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Install smart monitoring tools on physical machines
+class profile::smartmontools {
+  $packages = ["smartmontools"]
+
+  package {$packages:
+    ensure => $::virtual ? { 'physical' => 'installed', default => 'purged' }
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/site-modules/role/manifests/swh_base.pp b/site-modules/role/manifests/swh_base.pp
--- a/site-modules/role/manifests/swh_base.pp
+++ b/site-modules/role/manifests/swh_base.pp
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     include profile::megacli
   }
 
+  include profile::smartmontools
   include profile::network
   include profile::swh
 }