diff --git a/install/tpl/system.ini.master b/install/tpl/system.ini.master
index 13119b12390a44698f31fc65ab456ee41af76b77..07d5a4ef22925261d3ffcb8c8da0302b6a47d5c7 100644
--- a/install/tpl/system.ini.master
+++ b/install/tpl/system.ini.master
@@ -30,3 +30,4 @@ new_domain_html=Please contact our support to create a new domain for you.
 
 [misc]
 dashboard_atom_url=http://www.ispconfig.org/atom
+monitor_key=
diff --git a/interface/web/admin/form/system_config.tform.php b/interface/web/admin/form/system_config.tform.php
index 2c0138eb2b8b7ecb54f7ec74441870d8810ed708..7bd70df17fa3592d3c337a7478aec132179562d7 100644
--- a/interface/web/admin/form/system_config.tform.php
+++ b/interface/web/admin/form/system_config.tform.php
@@ -226,6 +226,12 @@ $form["tabs"]['misc'] = array (
 			'default'	=> 'http://www.ispconfig.org/atom',
 			'value'		=> ''
 		),
+		'monitor_key' => array (
+			'datatype'	=> 'VARCHAR',
+			'formtype'	=> 'TEXT',
+			'default'	=> '',
+			'value'		=> ''
+		),
 	##################################
 	# ENDE Datatable fields
 	##################################
diff --git a/interface/web/admin/lib/lang/en_system_config.lng b/interface/web/admin/lib/lang/en_system_config.lng
index 5d891644e070a07ac604ce35e838759465e44c76..0e51f7161f3f145285137710e76b6f2bbb4b0ccf 100644
--- a/interface/web/admin/lib/lang/en_system_config.lng
+++ b/interface/web/admin/lib/lang/en_system_config.lng
@@ -19,4 +19,5 @@ $wb["use_domain_module_txt"] = 'Use the domain-module to add new domains';
 $wb["use_domain_module_hint"] = 'If you use this module, your customers can only select one of the domains the admin creates for them. They cannot free edit the domain-field.You have to re-login after changing this value, to make the changes visible.';
 $wb["new_domain_txt"] = 'HTML to create a new domain';
 $wb["webftp_url_txt"] = 'WebFTP URL';
+$wb["monitor_key_txt"] = 'Monitor keyword';
 ?>
diff --git a/interface/web/admin/templates/system_config_misc_edit.htm b/interface/web/admin/templates/system_config_misc_edit.htm
index c64b7c1ecb7f86b7745f4b80f6009c96ae70a14d..acf4e91c4af069b1f712edaf615b7e78df4febf5 100644
--- a/interface/web/admin/templates/system_config_misc_edit.htm
+++ b/interface/web/admin/templates/system_config_misc_edit.htm
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
       	<label for="dashboard_atom_url">{tmpl_var name='dashboard_atom_url_txt'}</label>
         <input name="dashboard_atom_url" id="dashboard_atom_url" value="{tmpl_var name='dashboard_atom_url'}" size="" maxlength="" type="text" class="textInput" />
 			</div>
+	  <div class="ctrlHolder">
+      	<label for="monitor_key">{tmpl_var name='monitor_key_txt'}</label>
+        <input name="monitor_key" id="monitor_key" value="{tmpl_var name='monitor_key'}" size="" maxlength="" type="text" class="textInput" />
+			</div>
     </fieldset>
 
     <input type="hidden" name="id" value="{tmpl_var name='id'}">