diff --git a/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.9.0/airtime-upgrade.php b/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.9.0/airtime-upgrade.php
index 198705eb0..1daa9e4db 100644
--- a/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.9.0/airtime-upgrade.php
+++ b/install_minimal/upgrades/airtime-1.9.0/airtime-upgrade.php
@@ -369,6 +369,13 @@ class AirtimeIni{
         }
         fclose($fp);
     }
+    
+    public static function CreateMonitFile(){
+        if (!copy(__DIR__."/../../python_apps/monit/airtime-monit.cfg", AirtimeIni::CONF_FILE_MONIT)){
+            echo "Could not copy airtime-monit.cfg to /etc/monit/conf.d/. Exiting.";
+            exit(1);
+        }
+    }
 
     public static function ReadPythonConfig($p_filename)
     {