diff --git a/zabbix_agent.sh b/zabbix_agent.sh
index 14b149d..e3fce39 100644
--- a/zabbix_agent.sh
+++ b/zabbix_agent.sh
@@ -90,6 +90,20 @@ else
     exit
 fi
 
+# test if not a VM and if so, install the smartctl stuff
+if [ "${VM}" == "false" ]; then
+    # download the sudo file
+    wget -O /etc/sudoers.d/sudoers_zabbix_smartctl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/v-zhuravlev/zbx-smartctl/master/sudoers_zabbix_smartctl
+    chmod 440 /etc/sudoers.d/sudoers_zabbix_smartctl
+    # make the directories
+    mkdir /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.d /etc/zabbix/scripts
+    # download the conf and discovery scripts
+    wget -O /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.d/zabbix_smartctl.conf https://raw.githubusercontent.com/v-zhuravlev/zbx-smartctl/master/zabbix_smartctl.conf
+    wget -O /etc/zabbix/scripts/smartctl-disks-discovery.pl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/v-zhuravlev/zbx-smartctl/master/discovery-scripts/nix/smartctl-disks-discovery.pl
+    chown zabbix:zabbix /etc/zabbix/scripts/smartctl-disks-discovery.pl
+    chmod u+x /etc/zabbix/scripts/smartctl-disks-discovery.pl
+fi
+
 
 #cheeck before running this as it adds lines to keep comments
 if [ $(grep -c "^Server=127.0.0.1" /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf) -eq 1 ]; then