diff --git a/puppet/zulip_ops/manifests/nagios.pp b/puppet/zulip_ops/manifests/nagios.pp
index ec10e991f8..611f2f42a5 100644
--- a/puppet/zulip_ops/manifests/nagios.pp
+++ b/puppet/zulip_ops/manifests/nagios.pp
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ class zulip_ops::nagios {
                       "nagios3",
                       ]
   package { $nagios_packages: ensure => "installed" }
+  $nagios_format_users = join($zulip_ops::base::users, ",")
+  $nagios_alert_email = zulipconf("nagios", "alert_email", undef)
+  $nagios_test_email = zulipconf("nagios", "test_email", undef)
+  $nagios_pager_email = zulipconf("nagios", "pager_email", undef)
 
   apache2site { 'nagios':
     require => [File['/etc/apache2/sites-available/'],
@@ -43,7 +47,6 @@ class zulip_ops::nagios {
     notify => Service["nagios3"],
   }
 
-  $nagios_format_users = join($zulip_ops::base::users, ",")
   file { "/etc/nagios3/cgi.cfg":
     require => Package[nagios3],
     owner  => "root",
diff --git a/puppet/zulip_ops/templates/nagios3/contacts.cfg.template.erb b/puppet/zulip_ops/templates/nagios3/contacts.cfg.template.erb
index e1faf2dcda..23b2596a2a 100644
--- a/puppet/zulip_ops/templates/nagios3/contacts.cfg.template.erb
+++ b/puppet/zulip_ops/templates/nagios3/contacts.cfg.template.erb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ define contact{
         host_notification_options       d,r
         service_notification_commands   notify-service-by-email
         host_notification_commands      notify-host-by-email
-        email                           monitoring@zulip.com
+        email                           <%= @nagios_alert_email %>
         }
 
 define contact{
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ define contact{
         host_notification_options       d,r
         service_notification_commands   notify-service-by-email
         host_notification_commands      notify-host-by-email
-        email                           monitoring@zulip.com
+        email                           <%= @nagios_test_email %>
         }
 
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