diff --git a/ceph/templates/bin/_check_zombie_mons.py.tpl b/ceph/templates/bin/_check_zombie_mons.py.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..55e801eb29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ceph/templates/bin/_check_zombie_mons.py.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python2
+import re
+import os
+import subprocess
+import json
+
+MON_REGEX = r"^\d: ([0-9\.]*):\d+/\d* mon.([^ ]*)$"
+# kubctl_command = 'kubectl get pods --namespace=${CLUSTER} -l component=mon -l application=ceph -o template --template="{ {{"}}"}}range .items{{"}}"}} \\"{{"}}"}}.metadata.name{{"}}"}}\\": \\"{{"}}"}}.status.podIP{{"}}"}}\\" ,   {{"}}"}}end{{"}}"}} }"'
+if int(os.getenv('K8S_HOST_NETWORK', 0)) > 0:
+    kubectl_command = 'kubectl get pods --namespace=${CLUSTER} -l component=mon -l application=ceph -o template --template="{ {{"}}"}}range  \$i, \$v  := .items{{"}}"}} {{"}}"}} if \$i{{"}}"}} , {{"}}"}} end {{"}}"}} \\"{{"}}"}}\$v.spec.nodeName{{"}}"}}\\": \\"{{"}}"}}\$v.status.podIP{{"}}"}}\\" {{"}}"}}end{{"}}"}} }"'
+else:
+    kubectl_command = 'kubectl get pods --namespace=${CLUSTER} -l component=mon -l application=ceph -o template --template="{ {{"}}"}}range  \$i, \$v  := .items{{"}}"}} {{"}}"}} if \$i{{"}}"}} , {{"}}"}} end {{"}}"}} \\"{{"}}"}}\$v.metadata.name{{"}}"}}\\": \\"{{"}}"}}\$v.status.podIP{{"}}"}}\\" {{"}}"}}end{{"}}"}} }"'
+
+monmap_command = "ceph --cluster=${CLUSTER} mon getmap > /tmp/monmap && monmaptool -f /tmp/monmap --print"
+
+
+def extract_mons_from_monmap():
+    monmap = subprocess.check_output(monmap_command, shell=True)
+    mons = {}
+    for line in monmap.split("\n"):
+        m = re.match(MON_REGEX, line)
+        if m is not None:
+            mons[m.group(2)] = m.group(1)
+    return mons
+
+def extract_mons_from_kubeapi():
+    kubemap = subprocess.check_output(kubectl_command, shell=True)
+    return json.loads(kubemap)
+
+current_mons = extract_mons_from_monmap()
+expected_mons = extract_mons_from_kubeapi()
+
+print "current mons:", current_mons
+print "expected mons:", expected_mons
+
+for mon in current_mons:
+    removed_mon = False
+    if not mon in expected_mons:
+        print "removing zombie mon ", mon
+        subprocess.call(["ceph", "--cluster", os.environ["CLUSTER"], "mon", "remove", mon])
+        removed_mon = True
+    elif current_mons[mon] != expected_mons[mon]: # check if for some reason the ip of the mon changed
+        print "ip change dedected for pod ", mon
+        subprocess.call(["kubectl", "--namespace", os.environ["CLUSTER"], "delete", "pod", mon])
+        removed_mon = True
+        print "deleted mon %s via the kubernetes api" % mon
+
+
+if not removed_mon:
+    print "no zombie mons found ..."
diff --git a/ceph/templates/configmap-bin.yaml b/ceph/templates/configmap-bin.yaml
index 7ae4de1b4a..0cb339cb4e 100644
--- a/ceph/templates/configmap-bin.yaml
+++ b/ceph/templates/configmap-bin.yaml
@@ -68,3 +68,5 @@ data:
 {{ tuple "bin/_watch_mon_health.sh.tpl" . | include "helm-toolkit.utils.template" | indent 4 }}
   variables_entrypoint.sh: |
 {{ tuple "bin/_variables_entrypoint.sh.tpl" . | include  "helm-toolkit.utils.template" | indent 4 }}
+  check_zombie_mons.py: |
+{{ tuple "bin/_check_zombie_mons.py.tpl" . | include  "helm-toolkit.utils.template" | indent 4 }}
diff --git a/ceph/templates/deployment-moncheck.yaml b/ceph/templates/deployment-moncheck.yaml
index df3d17efdc..2d4e46441b 100644
--- a/ceph/templates/deployment-moncheck.yaml
+++ b/ceph/templates/deployment-moncheck.yaml
@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ spec:
               mountPath: /var/lib/ceph/bootstrap-rgw/ceph.keyring
               subPath: ceph.keyring
               readOnly: false
+            - name: ceph-bin
+              mountPath: /check_zombie_mons.py
+              subPath: check_zombie_mons.py
+              readOnly: true
       volumes:
         - name: ceph-etc
           configMap: