diff --git a/bin/check_service b/bin/check_service
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import argparse
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+OK=0
+WARN=1
+FAIL=2
+
+def get_status_cmd(daemon):
+    testpath = '/usr/sbin/service'
+    if os.path.isfile(testpath) and os.access(testpath, os.X_OK):
+        return [testpath, daemon, 'status']
+    testpath = '/sbin/rc-service'
+    if os.path.isfile(testpath) and os.access(testpath, os.X_OK):
+        return [testpath, daemon, 'status']
+    print('No service command found')
+    sys.exit(FAIL)
+
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Check if a service is running')
+    parser.add_argument('daemon', nargs=1, help='Service name to test')
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    daemon = args.daemon[0]
+    cmd = get_status_cmd(daemon)
+    proc = subprocess.Popen(
+            cmd,
+            stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+            stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+    (out, err) = proc.communicate()
+
+    if proc.returncode == OK and not err:
+        print(out.decode('utf8'))
+        return OK
+    print("'{}' returned {}".format(' '.join(cmd), proc.returncode))
+    print("\nstdout: {}\nstderr: {}".format(out.decode('utf8'), err.decode('utf8')))
+    return FAIL
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    sys.exit(main())
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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+++ b/setup.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+from os import environ
+
+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+
+setup(
+        name='check_service',
+        version='0.0.1',
+        description='Ichinga/Nagios check for running services',
+        author='Feffe',
+        author_email='feffe@fulh.ax',
+        url='https://gitea.fulh.ax/feffe/check_service',
+        platforms=['FreeBSD', 'Linux'],
+        license='BSD',
+        packages=find_packages(),
+        classifiers=[
+            'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
+            'Environment :: Console',
+            'Intended Audience :: System Administrators',
+            'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
+            'Topic :: Utilities',
+            ],
+        keywords='auto-update',
+        install_requires=[],
+        scripts=['bin/check_service']
+        )