diff --git a/smartgears/resource_checker_se_plugin/templates/check_missing_resources.sh.j2 b/smartgears/resource_checker_se_plugin/templates/check_missing_resources.sh.j2
index 2481e020..4c2c0c7c 100644
--- a/smartgears/resource_checker_se_plugin/templates/check_missing_resources.sh.j2
+++ b/smartgears/resource_checker_se_plugin/templates/check_missing_resources.sh.j2
@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@
 COMMON_SH_LIB={{ nagios_isti_plugdir }}/check_library.sh
 RESOURCES_STATUS_FILE={{ smartgears_user_home }}/missing_resources/identifiers
 
+# First things first: check if the service is running
+RUNNING_FILE=$( find /{{ smartgears_user_home }}/missing_resources/identifiers -mmin -120 )
+if [ -z $RUNNING_FILE ] ; then
+    echo "CRITICAL - The resource checker did not update for more than two hours"
+    exit $NAGIOS_CRITICAL
+fi
+
 if [  -f $COMMON_SH_LIB ] ; then
     . $COMMON_SH_LIB
 else