diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index c04a1b0..4868c9c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - base: zzz_evobackup upstream release 22.03
 - etc-git: manage commits with an optimized shell script instead of many slow Ansible tasks
 - etc-git: add versioning for /usr/share/scripts
+- nagios-nrpe: add a wraper to check_dhcpd to define the number of dhcpd processes that must be running depending on the CARP state
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/roles/nagios-nrpe/files/plugins_bsd/check_dhcpd.sh b/roles/nagios-nrpe/files/plugins_bsd/check_dhcpd.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8d27627
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/nagios-nrpe/files/plugins_bsd/check_dhcpd.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Simple wraper to define the number of dhcpd processes that must be running
+# depending on the CARP active or backup state
+# Can be customized if dhcpd must be running even in backup state
+
+dhcpd_processes_number=1
+
+CARP_STATUS=$(/sbin/ifconfig carp0 | /usr/bin/grep "status" | /usr/bin/awk '{print $2}')
+if [ "$CARP_STATUS" = "backup" ]; then
+    dhcpd_processes_number=0
+fi
+
+/usr/local/libexec/nagios/check_procs -c ${dhcpd_processes_number}:${dhcpd_processes_number} -C dhcpd
diff --git a/roles/nagios-nrpe/tasks/main.yml b/roles/nagios-nrpe/tasks/main.yml
index accaf63..3d5ec1d 100644
--- a/roles/nagios-nrpe/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/nagios-nrpe/tasks/main.yml
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
     - {name: 'check_pf_states', force: false}
     - {name: 'check_mailq.pl', force: true}
     - {name: 'check_dhcp_pool', force: false}
+    - {name: 'check_dhcpd.sh', force: false}
   notify: restart nrpe
 
 - name: Nagios plugins are installed - template
diff --git a/roles/nagios-nrpe/templates/evolix_bsd.cfg.j2 b/roles/nagios-nrpe/templates/evolix_bsd.cfg.j2
index 1d02cab..a4c5c33 100644
--- a/roles/nagios-nrpe/templates/evolix_bsd.cfg.j2
+++ b/roles/nagios-nrpe/templates/evolix_bsd.cfg.j2
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ command[check_unbound]=/usr/local/libexec/nagios/check_dig -l evolix.net -H loca
 #command[check_smb]=/usr/local/libexec/nagios/check_tcp -H IPLOCALE -p 445
 command[check_mysql]=/usr/local/libexec/nagios/check_mysql -H 127.0.0.1 -f /etc/nrpe.d/.my.cnf
 #command[check_vpn]=/usr/local/libexec/nagios/check_ping -H IPDISTANTE -p 1 -w 5000,100% -c 5000,100%
-command[check_dhcpd]=/usr/local/libexec/nagios/check_procs -c1:1 -C dhcpd
 command[check_bioctl]=/usr/local/libexec/nagios/check_bioctl -d sd2
 
 # Local checks (not packaged)
@@ -49,6 +48,7 @@ command[check_ospfd_simple]=doas /usr/local/libexec/nagios/plugins/check_ospfd_s
 #command[check_bgpd]=doas /usr/local/libexec/nagios/plugins/check_openbgpd -u
 command[check_connections_state]=doas /usr/local/libexec/nagios/plugins/check_connections_state.sh
 command[check_packetfilter]=doas /usr/local/libexec/nagios/plugins/check_packetfilter.sh
+command[check_dhcpd]=/usr/local/libexec/nagios/plugins/check_dhcpd.sh
 command[check_dhcp_pool]=/usr/local/libexec/nagios/plugins/check_dhcp_pool
 
 # This is an Ansible managed file !