diff --git a/.kitchen.yml b/.kitchen.yml
index 0a942e1f..2c39ab64 100644
--- a/.kitchen.yml
+++ b/.kitchen.yml
@@ -57,3 +57,13 @@ suites:
     datadog:
       api_key: somethingnotnil
       application_key: alsonotnil
+- name: mongo
+  run_list: ["recipe[datadog::dd-handler]", "recipe[datadog::dd-agent]", "recipe[datadog::mongo]"]
+  attributes:
+    datadog:
+      api_key: somethingnotnil
+      application_key: alsonotnil
+      mongo:
+        instances:
+        - host: localhost
+          port: 27017
diff --git a/recipes/mongo.rb b/recipes/mongo.rb
index 52115520..203eb462 100644
--- a/recipes/mongo.rb
+++ b/recipes/mongo.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 include_recipe "datadog::dd-agent"
 
+# Monitor mongo
+#
+# node.set['datadog']['mongo']['instances'] = [
+#   {
+#     'host' => 'localhost',
+#     'port' => '27017'
+#   }
+# ]
+
+package "python-setuptools"
+
+easy_install_package "pymongo"
+
 datadog_monitor "mongo" do
   instances node["datadog"]["mongo"]["instances"]
 end
diff --git a/test/integration/mongo/bats/pymongo_installed.bats b/test/integration/mongo/bats/pymongo_installed.bats
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..053c3d45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/mongo/bats/pymongo_installed.bats
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+@test "pymongo is installed and imports ok" {
+  run python -c "import pymongo"
+  [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+}