diff --git a/site-modules/profile/manifests/smartmontools.pp b/site-modules/profile/manifests/smartmontools.pp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e3eeff09
--- /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
index c495961c..7be2b7f6 100644
--- a/site-modules/role/manifests/swh_base.pp
+++ b/site-modules/role/manifests/swh_base.pp
@@ -1,21 +1,22 @@
 class role::swh_base {
   include profile::static_hostnames
 
   include profile::base
   include profile::ssh::server
   include profile::unbound
   include profile::systemd_journal
   include profile::resolv_conf
   include profile::puppet
   include profile::prometheus::node
   include profile::prometheus::statsd
   include profile::icinga2
   include profile::rsyslog
 
   if $::virtual == 'physical' {
     include profile::megacli
   }
 
+  include profile::smartmontools
   include profile::network
   include profile::swh
 }