diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 0c7021f..7e9ccce 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -47,6 +47,78 @@
           shards: 5
           replicas: 1
 
+Common definition for curator:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+    elasticsearch:
+      server:
+        curator:
+          timeout: 900
+          logfile: /var/log/elasticsearch/curator.log
+          logformat: json
+          actions:
+            - action: delete_indices
+              description: >-
+                Delete indices older than 45 days (based on index name).
+                Ignore the error if the filter does not result in an actionable
+                list of indices (ignore_empty_list) and exit cleanly.
+              options:
+                ignore_empty_list: True
+                continue_if_exception: False
+                disable_action: False
+              filters:
+                - filtertype: pattern
+                  kind: regex
+                  value: '.*\-\d\d\d\d\.\d\d\.\d\d$'
+                - filtertype: age
+                  source: name
+                  direction: older
+                  timestring: '%Y.%m.%d'
+                  unit: days
+                  unit_count: 90
+            - action: replicas
+              description: >-
+                Reduce the replica count to 0 for indices older than 30 days
+                (based on index creation_date)
+              options:
+                count: 0
+                wait_for_completion: False
+                continue_if_exception: False
+                disable_action: False
+              filters:
+                - filtertype: pattern
+                  kind: regex
+                  value: '.*\-\d\d\d\d\.\d\d\.\d\d$'
+                - filtertype: age
+                  source: creation_date
+                  direction: older
+                  unit: days
+                  unit_count: 30
+            - action: forcemerge
+              description: >-
+                forceMerge indices older than 2 days (based on index
+                creation_date) to 2 segments per shard.  Delay 120 seconds
+                between each forceMerge operation to allow the cluster to
+                quiesce.
+                This action will ignore indices already forceMerged to the same
+                or fewer number of segments per shard, so the 'forcemerged'
+                filter is unneeded.
+              options:
+                max_num_segments: 2
+                delay: 120
+                continue_if_exception: False
+                disable_action: True
+              filters:
+                - filtertype: pattern
+                  kind: regex
+                  value: '.*\-\d\d\d\d\.\d\d\.\d\d$'
+                - filtertype: age
+                  source: creation_date
+                  direction: older
+                  unit: days
+                  unit_count: 2
+
 Read more
 =========
 
diff --git a/elasticsearch/files/curator.yml b/elasticsearch/files/curator.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6bb8f1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elasticsearch/files/curator.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{%- from "elasticsearch/map.jinja" import server with context -%}
+---
+# Remember, leave a key empty if there is no value.  None will be a string,
+# not a Python "NoneType"
+client:
+  hosts:
+    - {% if server.bind.address == '0.0.0.0' %}127.0.0.1{% else %}{{ server.bind.address }}{% endif %}
+  port: {{ server.bind.port }}
+  url_prefix:
+  use_ssl: False
+  certificate:
+  client_cert:
+  client_key:
+  aws_key:
+  aws_secret_key:
+  aws_region:
+  ssl_no_validate: False
+  http_auth:
+  timeout: {{ server.curator.timeout|default(120) }}
+  master_only: False
+
+logging:
+  loglevel: {{ server.curator.loglevel|default("INFO") }}
+  logfile: {{ server.curator.logfile|default("") }}
+  logformat: {{ server.curator.logformat|default("default") }}
diff --git a/elasticsearch/files/curator_actions.yml b/elasticsearch/files/curator_actions.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8fafe1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elasticsearch/files/curator_actions.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{%- from "elasticsearch/map.jinja" import server with context -%}
+---
+actions:
+  {%- for action in server.curator.actions %}
+  {{ loop.index }}:
+    {{ action|yaml }}
+  {%- endfor %}
diff --git a/elasticsearch/map.jinja b/elasticsearch/map.jinja
index 392295f..000a1f4 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/map.jinja
+++ b/elasticsearch/map.jinja
@@ -4,11 +4,15 @@
 Debian:
   pkgs:
   - elasticsearch
+  curator_pkgs:
+  - python-elasticsearch-curator
   service: elasticsearch
   version: '1.4.4'
 RedHat:
   pkgs:
   - elasticsearch
+  curator_pkgs:
+  - python-elasticsearch-curator
   service: elasticsearch
   version: '1.4.4'
 {%- endload %}
diff --git a/elasticsearch/server/curator.sls b/elasticsearch/server/curator.sls
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9cdfc13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elasticsearch/server/curator.sls
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{%- from "elasticsearch/map.jinja" import server with context %}
+
+elasticsearch_curator_packages:
+  pkg.installed:
+  - names: {{ server.curator_pkgs }}
+
+elasticsearch_curator_config:
+  file.managed:
+  - name: /etc/elasticsearch/curator.yml
+  - source: salt://elasticsearch/files/curator.yml
+  - group: elasticsearch
+  - mode: 750
+  - template: jinja
+  - require:
+    - pkg: elasticsearch_packages
+
+elasticsearch_curator_action_config:
+  file.managed:
+  - name: /etc/elasticsearch/curator_actions.yml
+  - source: salt://elasticsearch/files/curator_actions.yml
+  - group: elasticsearch
+  - mode: 750
+  - template: jinja
+  - require:
+    - file: elasticsearch_curator_config
+
+elasticsearch_curator_cron:
+  cron.present:
+    - name: "curator --config /etc/elasticsearch/curator.yml /etc/elasticsearch/curator_actions.yml >/dev/null"
+    - user: elasticsearch
+    - minute: random
+    - hour: 1
diff --git a/elasticsearch/server.sls b/elasticsearch/server/init.sls
similarity index 89%
rename from elasticsearch/server.sls
rename to elasticsearch/server/init.sls
index ea392ad..36e9398 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/server.sls
+++ b/elasticsearch/server/init.sls
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 
 include:
   - java
+  {%- if server.curator is defined %}
+  - elasticsearch.server.curator
+  {%- endif %}
 
 elasticsearch_packages:
   pkg.installed: