diff --git a/memcached/meta/prometheus.yml b/memcached/meta/prometheus.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a5f427
--- /dev/null
+++ b/memcached/meta/prometheus.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{%- from "memcached/map.jinja" import server with context %}
+{%- if server.get('enabled', False) %}
+server:
+  alert:
+    ProcstatRunningMemcached:
+      if: >-
+        procstat_running{process_name="memcached"} == 0
+      {% raw %}
+      labels:
+        severity: warning
+        service: memcached
+      annotations:
+        summary: 'Memcached service is down'
+        description: 'Memcached service is down on node {{ $labels.host }}'
+      {% endraw %}
+{%- endif %}
diff --git a/metadata/service/support.yml b/metadata/service/support.yml
index 5acebbd..3e7214c 100644
--- a/metadata/service/support.yml
+++ b/metadata/service/support.yml
@@ -13,3 +13,5 @@
         enabled: true
       telegraf:
         enabled: true
+      prometheus:
+        enabled: true