diff --git a/etc/scripts/30-rtsp-watchdog b/etc/scripts/30-rtsp-watchdog
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f7152c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/scripts/30-rtsp-watchdog
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+PIDFILE="/var/run/rtsp-watchdog.pid"
+
+status()
+{
+  pid="$(cat "$PIDFILE" 2>/dev/null)"
+  if [ "$pid" ]; then
+    kill -0 "$pid" >/dev/null && echo "PID: $pid" || return 1
+  fi
+}
+
+start()
+{
+  echo "Starting RTSP Watchdog script..."
+  fang-rtsp-watchdog.sh </dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1 &
+  echo "$!" > "$PIDFILE"
+}
+
+stop()
+{
+  pid="$(cat "$PIDFILE" 2>/dev/null)"
+  if [ "$pid" ]; then
+     kill $pid || rm "$PIDFILE"
+  fi
+}
+
+if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
+  start
+else
+  case $1 in start|stop|status)
+    $1
+    ;;
+  esac
+fi
diff --git a/usr/bin/fang-rtsp-watchdog.sh b/usr/bin/fang-rtsp-watchdog.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..521679c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/usr/bin/fang-rtsp-watchdog.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+echo "RTSP Watchdog script started"
+
+while :
+do
+        sleep 10
+        if pgrep -x "snx_rtsp_server" > /dev/null
+        then
+               echo "RTSP ON"
+        else
+               echo "RTSP OFF"
+               /media/mmcblk0p2/data/etc/scripts/20-rtsp-server start > /dev/null
+        fi
+done