diff --git a/monitoring/README.md b/monitoring/README.md
index b9a0631..4bc1202 100644
--- a/monitoring/README.md
+++ b/monitoring/README.md
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ printf <...> | docker secret create gp_monitoring_grafana_oauth_client_secret_v1
 pwgen -s 64 1; ./scripts/genpw.py # input password & get hashed output for secret
 printf <...> | docker secret create gp_monitoring_prometheus_admin_password_v1 -
 
+printf <...> | docker secret create gp_monitoring_alertmanager_smtp_password_v1 -
+
 set -a && source env && set +a
 docker context use monitor.autonomic.zone
 
diff --git a/monitoring/alertmanager.yml.tmpl b/monitoring/alertmanager.yml.tmpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7dee9f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/monitoring/alertmanager.yml.tmpl
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+global:
+  smtp_from: {{ env "SMTP_FROM" }}
+  smtp_smarthost: {{ env "SMTP_HOST" }}
+  smtp_auth_username: {{ env "SMTP_FROM" }}
+  smtp_auth_password: {{ secret "alertmanager_smtp_password" }}
+
+receivers:
+  - name: "kaboom mailer"
+    email_configs:
+      - to: {{ env "SMTP_TO" }}
diff --git a/monitoring/compose.yml b/monitoring/compose.yml
index 636cde7..2b64ea0 100644
--- a/monitoring/compose.yml
+++ b/monitoring/compose.yml
@@ -83,6 +83,25 @@ services:
         - "traefik.http.routers.${STACK_NAME}-prometheus.tls=true"
         - "traefik.http.routers.${STACK_NAME}-prometheus.tls.certresolver=${LETS_ENCRYPT_ENV}"
 
+  alertmanager:
+    image: prom/alertmanager:v0.23.0
+    volumes:
+      - alertmanager-data:/etc/alertmanager
+    command:
+      - "--config.file=/etc/alertmanager/config.yml"
+      - "--storage.path=/alertmanager"
+    networks:
+      - internal
+    secrets:
+      - alertmanager_smtp_password
+    configs:
+      - source: alertmanager_config
+        target: /etc/alertmanager/config.yml
+    environment:
+      - SMTP_FROM
+      - SMTP_HOST
+      - SMTP_TO
+
   loki:
     image: grafana/loki:2.0.0
     command: -config.file=/etc/loki/local-config.yaml
@@ -125,6 +144,10 @@ configs:
     template_driver: golang
     name: ${STACK_NAME}_loki_yml_${LOKI_YML_VERSION}
     file: loki.yml.tmpl
+  alertmanager_config:
+    template_driver: golang
+    name: ${STACK_NAME}_alertmanager_config_${ALERTMANAGER_CONFIG_VERSION}
+    file: ./alertmanager.yml.tmpl
   grafana_datasources_yml:
     name: ${STACK_NAME}_grafana_datasources_yml_${GRAFANA_DATASOURCES_YML_VERSION}
     file: grafana-datasources.yml
@@ -145,6 +168,7 @@ volumes:
   prometheus-data:
   grafana-data:
   loki-data:
+  alertmanager-data:
 
 networks:
   proxy:
@@ -164,3 +188,6 @@ secrets:
   prometheus_admin_password:
     external: true
     name: ${STACK_NAME}_prometheus_admin_password_${SECRET_PROMETHEUS_ADMIN_PASSWORD_VERSION}
+  alertmanager_smtp_password:
+    external: true
+    name: ${STACK_NAME}_alertmanager_smtp_password_${SECRET_ALERTMANAGER_SMTP_PASSWORD_VERSION}
diff --git a/monitoring/env b/monitoring/env
index 3360c27..4c2f9c9 100644
--- a/monitoring/env
+++ b/monitoring/env
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ GRAFANA_STACKS_DASHBOARD_JSON_VERSION=v1
 GRAFANA_TRAEFIK_DASHBOARD_JSON_VERSION=v1
 GRAFANA_CUSTOM_INI_VERSION=v1
 PROMETHEUS_WEB_YML_VERSION=v1
+ALERTMANAGER_CONFIG_VERSION=v1
 
 KEYCLOAK_AUTH_URL="https://id.autonomic.zone/auth/realms/autonomic/protocol/openid-connect/auth"
 KEYCLOAK_API_URL="https://id.autonomic.zone/auth/realms/autonomic/protocol/openid-connect/userinfo"
@@ -50,3 +51,8 @@ SECRET_LOKI_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY_VERSION=v1
 SECRET_GRAFANA_ADMIN_PASSWORD_VERSION=v1
 SECRET_GRAFANA_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET_VERSION=v1
 SECRET_PROMETHEUS_ADMIN_PASSWORD_VERSION=v1
+SECRET_ALERTMANAGER_SMTP_PASSWORD_VERSION=v1
+
+SMTP_FROM=noreply@autonomic.zone
+SMTP_HOST=mail.gandi.net:465
+SMTP_TO=kaboom@autonomic.zone
diff --git a/monitoring/prometheus.yml.tmpl b/monitoring/prometheus.yml.tmpl
index eccae65..a701f55 100644
--- a/monitoring/prometheus.yml.tmpl
+++ b/monitoring/prometheus.yml.tmpl
@@ -1,27 +1,15 @@
 global:
-  scrape_interval:     30s # Set the scrape interval to every 15 seconds. Default is every 1 minute.
-  evaluation_interval: 30s # Evaluate rules every 15 seconds. The default is every 1 minute.
-  # scrape_timeout is set to the global default (10s).
+  scrape_interval:     30s
+  evaluation_interval: 30s
 
-# Alertmanager configuration
 alerting:
   alertmanagers:
   - static_configs:
     - targets:
-      # - alertmanager:9093
+      - alertmanager:9093
 
-# Load rules once and periodically evaluate them according to the global 'evaluation_interval'.
-rule_files:
-  # - "first_rules.yml"
-  # - "second_rules.yml"
-
-# A scrape configuration containing exactly one endpoint to scrape:
-# Here it's Prometheus itself.
 scrape_configs:
-  # The job name is added as a label `job=<job_name>` to any timeseries scraped from this config.
   - job_name: 'prometheus'
-    # metrics_path defaults to '/metrics'
-    # scheme defaults to 'http'.
     static_configs:
     - targets:
       - localhost:9090