diff --git a/gnu/packages/admin.scm b/gnu/packages/admin.scm
index a4c5189222..17ebd5fd7b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/admin.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/admin.scm
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2021 Artyom V. Poptsov <poptsov.artyom@gmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2022 Wamm K. D. <jaft.r@outlook.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2022 Roman Riabenko <roman@riabenko.com>
+;;; Copyright © 2022 Nicolas Graves <ngraves@ngraves.fr>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -5455,6 +5456,58 @@ (define-public fail2ban
 mechanisms if you really want to protect services.")
     (license license:gpl2+)))

+(define-public restartd
+  (let* ((commit "7044125ac55056f2663536f7137170edf92ebd75")
+         ;; Version is 0.2.4 in the version file in the repo
+         ;; but not in github tags.
+         ;; It is released as 0.2.3-1.1 for other distributions.
+         ;; Probably because of the lack of activity upstream.
+         (revision "1"))
+    (package
+      (name "restartd")
+      (version (git-version "0.2.3" revision commit))
+      (source
+       (origin
+         (method git-fetch)
+         (uri (git-reference
+               (url "https://github.com/ajraymond/restartd")
+               (commit commit)))
+         (file-name (git-file-name name version))
+         (sha256
+          (base32
+           "1m1np00b4zvvwx63gzysbi38i5vj1jsjvh2s0p9czl6dzyz582z0"))
+         (patches
+          (search-patches "restartd-fix-segfault-normal-user.patch"
+                          "restartd-fix-compilation.patch"))))
+      (build-system gnu-build-system)
+      (arguments
+       (list
+        #:tests? #f ; no tests
+        #:make-flags
+        #~(list (string-append "CC=" #$(cc-for-target)))
+        #:phases
+        #~(modify-phases %standard-phases
+            (delete  'configure)
+            (replace 'install
+              (lambda _
+                (install-file "restartd.conf" (string-append #$output "/etc"))
+                (install-file "restartd" (string-append #$output "/sbin"))
+                (install-file "restartd.8"
+                              (string-append #$output "/share/man/man8"))
+                (mkdir-p (string-append #$output "/share/man/fr/man8"))
+                (copy-file
+                 "restartd.fr.8"
+                 (string-append #$output "/share/man/fr/man8/restartd.8")))))))
+      (home-page "https://launchpad.net/debian/+source/restartd")
+      (synopsis "Daemon for restarting processes")
+      (description "This package provides a daemon for checking running and not
+running processes.  It reads the /proc directory every n seconds and does a
+POSIX regexp on the process names.  The daemon runs an user-provided script
+when it detects a program in the running processes, or an alternate script if
+it doesn't detect the program.  The daemon can only be called by the root
+user, but can use @code{sudo -u user} in the process called if needed.")
+      (license license:gpl2+))))
+
 (define-public rex
   (package
     (name "rex")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/restartd-fix-compilation.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/restartd-fix-compilation.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a380205675
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/restartd-fix-compilation.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+From 84edc2042bb0a82e65bd4d165b706519886b4075 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@gmail.com>
+Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2020 19:39:30 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Fix build with gcc-10
+
+Bug: https://bugs.debian.org/957761
+Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@gmail.com>
+---
+ config.h   | 12 ++++++------
+ restartd.c |  7 +++++++
+ 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
+index fabaa2b..a79b28e 100644
+--- a/config.h
++++ b/config.h
+@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@
+
+ #define DEFAULT_CONFIG "/etc/restartd.conf"
+
+-int debug;
+-int config_process_number;
+-int check_interval;
+-int foreground;
+-struct config_process_type *config_process;
+-char *config_file;
++extern int debug;
++extern int config_process_number;
++extern int check_interval;
++extern int foreground;
++extern struct config_process_type *config_process;
++extern char *config_file;
+
+ typedef struct config_process_type {
+   char name[64];
+diff --git a/restartd.c b/restartd.c
+index 2aa720c..617b298 100644
+--- a/restartd.c
++++ b/restartd.c
+@@ -35,6 +35,13 @@
+
+ #include "config.h"
+
++int debug;
++int config_process_number;
++int check_interval;
++int foreground;
++struct config_process_type *config_process;
++char *config_file;
++
+ /* SIGTERM & SIGHUP handler */
+ void got_signal(int sig)
+ {
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/restartd-fix-segfault-normal-user.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/restartd-fix-segfault-normal-user.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5c28c3b2ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/restartd-fix-segfault-normal-user.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+From 67d7308ba52d2c605d0175c14c34ff09c9d322fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Yin Kangkai <yinkangkai@xiaomi.com>
+Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2016 13:52:58 +0800
+Subject: [PATCH] Fix segfault when run as normal user
+
+Also exit immediately when "restartd -h"
+---
+ restartd.c | 9 +++++++--
+ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/restartd.c b/restartd.c
+index 2aa720c..1d46fe1 100644
+--- a/restartd.c
++++ b/restartd.c
+@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+                     "  -i <interval_sec>: the check interval in second\n"
+                     "  -l               : list configuration options\n"
+                     "  -h               : help\n\n", VERSION);
++	    exit(0);
+         }
+     }
+
+@@ -187,6 +188,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+         }
+
+         out_proc = fopen("/var/run/restartd.pid", "wt");
++	if (!out_proc) {
++		syslog(LOG_ERR, "Failed to open /var/run/restartd.pid");
++		return -1;
++	}
+         fprintf(out_proc, "%d", getpid());
+         fclose(out_proc);
+
+@@ -244,9 +249,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+                if (strlen(config_process[i].processes) > 0) {
+                    if (strlen(config_process[i].running) > 0) {
+                        strcpy(config_process[i].status, "running");
+-                       syslog(LOG_INFO, "%s is running, executing '%s'",
++                       /* syslog(LOG_INFO, "%s is running, executing '%s'",
+                               config_process[i].name,
+-                              config_process[i].running);
++                              config_process[i].running); */
+                        system(config_process[i].running);
+                     } else {
+                         strcpy(config_process[i].status, "running");
