diff --git a/global/fs/zfs/alert.nix b/global/fs/zfs/alert.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d9c76ae7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/global/fs/zfs/alert.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+{ pkgs
+, lib
+, config
+, ... }: with lib; let
+  cfg = config.global.fs.zfs.alert;
+
+  backend = {
+    text = pkgs.writeShellScript "telegram-text" ''
+      set -e
+      source ${cfg.secret}
+
+      ${pkgs.curl}/bin/curl -sG \
+        --data-urlencode "chat_id=$CHATID" \
+        --data-urlencode "text=$ALERT" \
+        "https://api.telegram.org/bot$APIKEY/sendMessage"
+    '';
+    image = pkgs.writeShellScript "telegram-image" ''
+      set -e
+      source ${cfg.secret}
+
+      ${pkgs.curl}/bin/curl -sG \
+        -F "chat_id=$CHATID" \
+        -F "caption=$ALERT" \
+        -F "photo=@-" \
+        "https://api.telegram.org/bot$APIKEY/sendPhoto"
+    '';
+  };
+
+  zedAlert = pkgs.writeShellScript "zed-alert" ''
+    set -e
+    export BODY="$(cat)"
+
+    # add tag
+    ALERT="$1 #zfs"
+
+    export ALERT
+    echo -e "$BODY" | \
+    ${pkgs.imagemagick}/bin/convert \
+      -size 1500x2000 xc:black \
+      -font "${pkgs.freefont_ttf}/share/fonts/truetype/FreeMono.ttf" \
+      -pointsize 16 \
+      -fill white -annotate +15+80 "@-" \
+      -trim -bordercolor "#000" \
+      -border 32 +repage \
+      png:- | \
+    ${backend.image}
+  '';
+
+  mdadmAlert = pkgs.writeShellScript "mdadm-alert" ''
+    set -e
+
+    EVENT="$1"
+    ARRAY="$2"
+    DEVICE="$3"
+
+    # fallback alert
+    ALERT="$EVENT | $ARRAY | $DEVICE"
+
+    case $EVENT in
+      DegradedArray)
+        ALERT="Array $ARRAY is in a degraded state"
+        ;;
+      DeviceDisappeared)
+        ALERT="Array $ARRAY disappeared"
+        ;;
+      Fail)
+        ALERT="Array $ARRAY encountered failure of component $DEVICE"
+        ;;
+      FailSpare)
+        ALERT="Array $ARRAY encountered failure of spare component $DEVICE during rebuild"
+        ;;
+      MoveSpare)
+        ALERT="Spare $DEVICE moved to array $ARRAY"
+        ;;
+      NewArray)
+        ALERT="Array $ARRAY appeared"
+        ;;
+      Rebuild??)
+        ALERT="Array $ARRAY rebuild is now $(echo $EVENT | ${pkgs.sedutil}/bin/sed 's/Rebuild//')% complete"
+        ;;
+      RebuildFinished)
+        ALERT="Rebuild of array $ARRAY has concluded"
+        ;;
+      RebuildStarted)
+        ALERT="Rebuild of array $ARRAY has started"
+        ;;
+      SpareActive)
+        ALERT="Spare $DEVICE activated in array $ARRAY"
+        ;;
+      SparesMissing)
+        ALERT="Array $ARRAY missing one or more spares"
+        ;;
+      TestMessage)
+        ALERT="Test message generated for array $ARRAY"
+        ;;
+    esac
+
+    # add tag
+    ALERT="$ALERT #swraid"
+
+    export ALERT
+    exec ${backend.text}
+  '';
+in mkIf (cfg.secret != null) {
+  services.zfs.zed = mkIf cfg.zed {
+    settings = {
+      ZED_EMAIL_ADDR = [ "root" ];
+      ZED_EMAIL_PROG = toString zedAlert;
+      ZED_EMAIL_OPTS = "'@SUBJECT@'";
+
+      ZED_NOTIFY_INTERVAL_SECS = 3600;
+      ZED_NOTIFY_VERBOSE = false;
+
+      ZED_USE_ENCLOSURE_LEDS = true;
+      ZED_SCRUB_AFTER_RESILVER = false;
+    };
+  };
+
+  global.fs.zfs.split.mdProg = mkIf cfg.swraid (toString mdadmAlert);
+}
diff --git a/global/fs/zfs/default.nix b/global/fs/zfs/default.nix
index 37ca13ee..10c88a85 100644
--- a/global/fs/zfs/default.nix
+++ b/global/fs/zfs/default.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   cfg = config.global.fs;
 in {
   imports = [
+    ./alert.nix
     ./split.nix
     ./replication.nix
   ];
@@ -13,6 +14,16 @@ in {
   # -O encryption=on -O keyformat=passphrase -O keylocation=prompt
   # -O compression=on -O mountpoint=none -O xattr=sa -O acltype=posixacl
   options.global.fs.zfs = {
+    alert = {
+      zed = mkEnableOption "zfs event alerts" // { default = true; };
+      swraid = mkEnableOption "software raid alerts" // { default = true; };
+      secret = mkOption {
+        type = with types; nullOr str;
+        default = null;
+        description = "path to alert secrets";
+      };
+    };
+
     persist = mkOption {
       type = with types; str;
       default = cfg.store;