diff --git a/src/checks/kubelet_status.rs b/src/checks/kubelet_status.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ed59cbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/checks/kubelet_status.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+use std::process::Command;
+use anyhow::Result;
+use anyhow::anyhow;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct KubeletStatus {
+    pub status: String
+}
+
+pub fn check() -> Result<KubeletStatus, anyhow::Error> {
+    let msg: &'static str = "Failed to run kubelet";
+    let output = match Command::new("/usr/bin/systemctl")
+        .arg("status")
+        .arg("kubelet.service")
+        .output()
+    {
+        Ok(c) => c,
+        Err(_) => return Err(anyhow!(msg)),
+    };
+   
+    if !output.status.success() {
+        return Err(anyhow!("kubelet failed with an error " ));
+    }
+
+    let stdout = String::from_utf8(output.stdout).expect(msg);
+
+    for line in stdout.lines() {
+        if line.contains("Active: ") {
+            return Ok(KubeletStatus {
+                status: line.to_string(),
+            });
+        }
+    }
+    Err(anyhow!("Failed to read systemd status"))
+}
+
diff --git a/src/checks/mod.rs b/src/checks/mod.rs
index ae3c5eb..84da5aa 100644
--- a/src/checks/mod.rs
+++ b/src/checks/mod.rs
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 pub mod cli_version;
+pub mod kubelet_status;
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diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index dea9bea..8ef64d9 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -10,4 +10,14 @@ fn main() {
         "✅ kubectl version {}.{}",
         cli_version.client_version.major, cli_version.client_version.minor
     );
+
+    let kubelet_status = match checks::kubelet_status::check() {
+        Ok(c) => c,
+        Err(e) => panic!("❌ Failed to check kubelet status: {}", e),
+    };
+
+    println!(
+        "✅ kubelet status {}",
+        kubelet_status.status
+    );
 }