diff --git a/cgminer/Makefile b/cgminer/Makefile
index 2a895f1..5e4d9c9 100644
--- a/cgminer/Makefile
+++ b/cgminer/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ PKG_NAME:=cgminer
 PKG_VERSION:=20120516
 PKG_REV:=b69d735cfe468c489a24677ffef1d6d998818cac
 # this is upstream version 2.4.1
-PKG_RELEASE:=3
+PKG_RELEASE:=4
 PKG_INSTALL:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)-$(PKG_REV).tar.gz
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ define Package/cgminer/install
 	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/cgminer-api $(1)/usr/bin
 
 	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/bin/cgminer $(1)/usr/bin
-	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(FILES_DIR)/cgminer.init $(1)/etc/init.d/cgminer
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(FILES_DIR)/cgminer-monitor       $(1)/usr/bin
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(FILES_DIR)/cgminer.init          $(1)/etc/init.d/cgminer
 
 	$(CP)          $(FILES_DIR)/20-cgminer.hotplug $(1)/etc/hotplug.d/usb/20-cgminer
 endef
diff --git a/cgminer/files/cgminer-monitor b/cgminer/files/cgminer-monitor
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ecb81bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cgminer/files/cgminer-monitor
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# This file is for cron job
+if ! pidof cgminer; then
+	/etc/init.d/cgminer start 
+fi