diff --git a/recipes/compute-monitoring.rb b/recipes/compute-monitoring.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1c2b55f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/compute-monitoring.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#
+# Cookbook Name:: nova
+# Recipe:: compute-monitoring
+#
+# Copyright 2009, Rackspace Hosting, Inc.
+#
+# 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.
+#
+
+########################################
+# BEGIN COLLECTD SECTION
+# TODO(shep): This needs to be encased in an if block for the collectd_enabled environment toggle
+
+include_recipe "collectd-graphite::collectd-client"
+
+ks_service_endpoint = get_access_endpoint("keystone", "keystone","service-api")
+nova = get_settings_by_role("single-compute", "nova")
+if nova["libvirt"]["virt_type"] == "qemu"
+  virt_conn = "qemu:///system"
+else
+  virt_conn = "kvm:///"
+end
+
+collectd_plugin "libvirt" do
+  options(
+    "Connection"=>virt_conn,
+    "HostnameFormat"=>"name",
+    "RefreshInterval"=>60
+  )
+end
+########################################
diff --git a/recipes/compute.rb b/recipes/compute.rb
index b3d039e7..4a1d00f7 100644
--- a/recipes/compute.rb
+++ b/recipes/compute.rb
@@ -47,3 +47,7 @@ service "nova-compute" do
 end
 
 include_recipe "nova::libvirt"
+
+# TODO(shep): this needs to be if blocked on env collectd toggle
+# Include recipe(nova::compute-monitoring)
+include_recipe "nova::compute-monitoring"