diff --git a/bin/check_packages.py b/bin/check_packages.py
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+#! /usr/bin/python3
+
+import argparse
+import datetime
+import re
+import subprocess
+
+status = [ "OK", "WARNING", "CRITICAL", "UNKNOWN" ]
+summary = "Unknown Error"
+state = 3
+
+# Initiate the parser (https://docs.python.org/3/library/argparse.html)
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+parser.add_argument("-V", "--version", action='version', version='%(prog)s 2.0')
+
+# Read arguments from the command line
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+
+def check(security):
+  cmd="sudo yum check-update -q{}".format(" --security" if security else "")
+
+  p = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, shell=True)
+
+  (p_output, p_error) = p.communicate()
+
+  ## Wait for date to terminate. Get return returncode ##
+  p_status = p.wait()
+
+  error = p_error.decode('utf-8').rstrip("\n")
+  output = p_output.decode('utf-8').rstrip("\n")
+
+  return (p_status, output if p_status else error)
+
+
+(rc, text) = check(True)
+if rc == 1:
+  state = 3
+  summary = "Unable to determine security package status\n{}".format(text)
+elif rc == 100:
+  state = 2;
+  summary = "The following packages apply outstanding security patches:\n{}".format(text)
+else:
+  summary = "There are no outstanging security patches."
+  (rc, text) = check(False)
+  if rc == 1:
+    state = 1
+    summary = "{}\nUnable to determine package status\n{}".format(summary, text)
+  elif rc == 100:
+    state = 1
+    summary = "{}\nThe following packages have outstanding patches:\n{}".format(summary, text)
+  else:
+    state = 0
+    summary = "There are no outstanding patches."
+
+print("{}: {}".format(status[state], summary))
+
+exit (state)