diff --git a/config/Makefile.am b/config/Makefile.am
index 702592e..5f44678 100644
--- a/config/Makefile.am
+++ b/config/Makefile.am
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ CONFIG_FILES = \
 	services/ceph.xml \
 	services/cfengine.xml \
 	services/cockpit.xml \
+	services/collectd.xml \
 	services/condor-collector.xml \
 	services/ctdb.xml \
 	services/dhcpv6-client.xml \
diff --git a/config/services/collectd.xml b/config/services/collectd.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb2483e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/services/collectd.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<service>
+  <short>Collectd</short>
+  <description>Collectd is a monitoring system that allows metrics to be sent over the network. This rule allows incoming collectd traffic from remote boxes.</description>
+  <port protocol="udp" port="25826"/>
+</service>
diff --git a/po/POTFILES.in b/po/POTFILES.in
index 918f6f0..92323b0 100644
--- a/po/POTFILES.in
+++ b/po/POTFILES.in
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ config/services/ceph.xml
 config/services/cfengine.xml
 config/services/cockpit.xml
 config/services/condor-collector.xml
+config/services/collectd.xml
 config/services/ctdb.xml
 config/services/dhcpv6-client.xml
 config/services/dhcpv6.xml