diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/monit/kube-apiserver b/cluster/saltbase/salt/monit/kube-apiserver
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2256a38c6b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/monit/kube-apiserver
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+check process kube-apiserver with pidfile /var/run/kube-apiserver.pid
+group kube-apiserver
+start program = "/etc/init.d/kube-apiserver start"
+stop program = "/etc/init.d/kube-apiserver stop"
+if failed
+  host 127.0.0.1
+  port 8080
+  protocol http
+  request "/index.html"
+then restart