diff --git a/monit-ceph-create-start b/monit-ceph-create-start
index bb707e7..2289c0f 100755
--- a/monit-ceph-create-start
+++ b/monit-ceph-create-start
@@ -12,16 +12,17 @@ to_monitor=$1
 
 set -e
 
-depends=""
+depends="cephrundir"
 osd=""
 conf="/etc/monit/conf.d/$to_monitor"
 
 if echo $to_monitor | grep ^osd; then
-    depends="depends on ${to_monitor}-whoami"
+    depends="${depends}, ${to_monitor}-whoami"
     osd="yes"
     osdid=$(echo $to_monitor | cut -d. -f2)
 fi
 
+
 cat > "$conf" <<EOF
 # Generated by $0
 check process ${to_monitor} with pidfile /var/run/ceph/${to_monitor}.pid
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ check process ${to_monitor} with pidfile /var/run/ceph/${to_monitor}.pid
    stop program  = "/etc/init.d/ceph stop ${to_monitor}"
 
    group ceph
-   $depends
+   depends on $depends
 EOF
 
 if [ "$osd" ]; then