diff --git a/collectd/collectd_facts b/collectd/collectd_facts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..41818c7a7dcfde1e0dfd23b9422f67a8e2103a0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/collectd/collectd_facts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+. "$1"
+
+fail ()
+{
+    echo "{\"failed\": true, \"msg\": \"$1\"}"
+    exit
+}
+
+which collectd || fail "Can't find collectd executable."
+
+collectd -h | sed -n 's/[a-zA-Z]*\([0-9]*\)\.\([0-9]*\)\.\([0-9]*\).*/{"changed": false, "ansible_facts": {"nginx": {"major":\1, "minor":\2, "patch":\3}}}/p'