diff --git a/pillar/viperserv/bots.sls b/pillar/viperserv/bots.sls
index 0a543c5..e8fc402 100644
--- a/pillar/viperserv/bots.sls
+++ b/pillar/viperserv/bots.sls
@@ -1,57 +1,61 @@
 # To regenerate the list of scripts in a folder, try `make list` from rVIPER.
 
 viperserv_accounts:
   viperserv:
     fullname: ViperServ
     uid: 833
 
   tc2:
     fullname: Tau Ceti Central
     uid: 834
 
 viperserv_bots:
   Daeghrefn:
     realname: https://daeghrefn.nasqueron.org
     scripts:
       - Daeghrefn/Time.tcl
       - Daeghrefn/Wolfplex.tcl
       - Daeghrefn/Server.tcl
       - Daeghrefn/Last.fm.tcl
       - Daeghrefn/Wikimedia.tcl
       - Daeghrefn/Bureautique.tcl
       - Daeghrefn/Communication.tcl
       - Daeghrefn/GIS.tcl
       - Daeghrefn/Tools.tcl
       - Daeghrefn/Channel.tcl
       - Daeghrefn/Help.tcl
       - vendor/oauth.tcl
       - vendor/proxycheck.tcl
     modules:
       - transfer
       - filesys
       - seen
     nickserv: on
+    ensure_is_live: on
 
   Wearg:
     realname: RabbitMQ broker client
     scripts:
       - Wearg/Broker.tcl
       - Wearg/Notifications.tcl
       - Wearg/ServersLog.tcl
       # This one should be last as it initializes
       # startup components, with broker/Notifications
       # dependencies
       - Wearg/Time.tcl
     nickserv: on
+    ensure_is_live: on
 
   TC2:
     realname: Tau Ceti Central
     runas: tc2
     scripts:
       - TC2/Time.tcl
       - TC2/Server.tcl
+    ensure_is_live: off
 
   # For tests and QA
   Aeschere:
     realname: Æschere
     scripts: {}
+    ensure_is_live: off
diff --git a/roles/viperserv/eggdrop/cron.sls b/roles/viperserv/eggdrop/cron.sls
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cfe7ddf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/viperserv/eggdrop/cron.sls
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+#!py
+
+#   -------------------------------------------------------------
+#   Salt — Deploy eggdrop park
+#   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
+#   Project:        Nasqueron
+#   Created:        2018-11-10
+#   License:        Trivial work, not eligible to copyright
+#   -------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#   -------------------------------------------------------------
+#   Data helper methods
+#   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
+
+
+def get_etc_dir():
+  if __grains__['os'] == 'FreeBSD':
+    return "/usr/local/etc"
+
+  return "/etc"
+
+
+def get_bin_dir():
+    if __grains__['os'] == 'FreeBSD':
+        return "/usr/local/bin"
+
+    return "/bin"
+
+
+def get_eggdrops():
+    '''Filter eggdrops to select the ones with ensure_is_live: True'''
+    return [botname
+            for botname, bot
+            in __pillar__['viperserv_bots'].items()
+            if 'ensure_is_live' in bot and bot['ensure_is_live']]
+
+
+#   -------------------------------------------------------------
+#   Configuration provider
+#   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
+
+
+def run():
+    script = get_bin_dir() + '/ensure-eggdrops-are-live'
+
+    return {
+        get_etc_dir() + '/eggdrops-live.conf': {'file.managed': [
+            {'source': 'salt://roles/viperserv/eggdrop/files/eggdrops-live.conf'},
+            {'template': 'jinja'},
+            {'context': {
+                'eggdrops': get_eggdrops()
+            }},
+        ]},
+
+        script: {'file.managed': [
+            {'source': 'salt://roles/viperserv/eggdrop/files/ensure-eggdrops-are-live.sh'},
+            {'mode': 755},
+        ]},
+
+        'eggdrop_crontab': {'cron.present': [
+            {'name': script},
+            {'minute': '*/5'},
+            {'identifier': 'viperserv.eggdrop'},
+        ]}
+    }
diff --git a/roles/viperserv/eggdrop/files/eggdrops-live.conf b/roles/viperserv/eggdrop/files/eggdrops-live.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..48439e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/viperserv/eggdrop/files/eggdrops-live.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#   -------------------------------------------------------------
+#   ViperServ — Deploy eggdrop park
+#   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
+#   Project:        Nasqueron
+#   License:        Trivial work, not eligible to copyright
+#   Source file:    roles/viperserv/eggdrop/files/eggdrops-live.conf
+#   -------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+#   <auto-generated>
+#       This file is managed by our rOPS SaltStack repository.
+#
+#       Changes to this file may cause incorrect behavior
+#       and will be lost if the state is redeployed.
+#   </auto-generated>
+
+# Eggdrops to respawn on failure
+{% for eggdrop in eggdrops %}
+{{ eggdrop }}
+{%- endfor %}
diff --git a/roles/viperserv/eggdrop/files/ensure-eggdrops-are-live.sh b/roles/viperserv/eggdrop/files/ensure-eggdrops-are-live.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..3459d34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/viperserv/eggdrop/files/ensure-eggdrops-are-live.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+while IFS=' ' read -r eggdrop; do
+    # Skip blank lines and comment lines
+    take_first_character="?"
+    first_character=${eggdrop%"${eggdrop#${take_first_character}}"}
+    if [ "$first_character" = "#" ]; then
+        continue
+    elif [ "$eggdrop" = "" ]; then
+        continue
+    fi
+
+    service eggdrop status "$eggdrop" > /dev/null
+    status=$?
+
+    if [ $status -ne 0 ]; then
+        service eggdrop restart "$eggdrop"
+    fi
+done < /usr/local/etc/eggdrops-live.conf
diff --git a/roles/viperserv/eggdrop/init.sls b/roles/viperserv/eggdrop/init.sls
index 9983d07..ba6abd3 100644
--- a/roles/viperserv/eggdrop/init.sls
+++ b/roles/viperserv/eggdrop/init.sls
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 #   -------------------------------------------------------------
 #   Salt — Deploy eggdrop park
 #   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 #   Project:        Nasqueron
 #   Created:        2017-11-05
 #   License:        Trivial work, not eligible to copyright
 #   -------------------------------------------------------------
 
 include:
   - .software
   - .config
   - .service
+  - .cron