diff --git a/btrfs-errmail.service b/btrfs-errmail.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..89d4d79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/btrfs-errmail.service
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Check for btrfs issues and send an email if any were found
+Documentation=man:btrfs
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+ExecStart=/usr/share/btrfsmaintenance/btrfs-errmail.sh
diff --git a/btrfs-errmail.sh b/btrfs-errmail.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..546c086
--- /dev/null
+++ b/btrfs-errmail.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2022 Matthias Klumpp <matthias@tenstral.net>
+
+umask 022
+PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
+export PATH
+
+if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/btrfsmaintenance ] ; then
+    . /etc/sysconfig/btrfsmaintenance
+fi
+
+if [ -f /etc/default/btrfsmaintenance ] ; then
+    . /etc/default/btrfsmaintenance
+fi
+
+. $(dirname $(realpath "$0"))/btrfsmaintenance-functions
+
+if [ -z "$BTRFS_MAILADDR" ]
+then
+      # no email set, nothing to do for us
+      exit 0
+fi
+
+BTRFS_STATS_MOUNTPOINTS=$(expand_auto_mountpoint "auto")
+OIFS="$IFS"
+IFS=:
+for MM in $BTRFS_STATS_MOUNTPOINTS; do
+	if ! is_btrfs "$MM"; then
+		echo "Path $MM is not btrfs, skipping"
+		continue
+	fi
+	devstats=$(btrfs device stats --check $MM 2>&1)
+	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+		mail_body="$(sendmail -t <<EOF
+To: $BTRFS_MAILADDR
+Subject: Btrfs device issue on $MM @ $HOSTNAME
+
+This is an automatically generated mail message from btrfs-errmail
+running on $HOSTNAME
+
+An issue has been detected on the btrfs device mounted as $MM.
+
+Faithfully yours, etc.
+
+P.S. The 'btrfs device stats' output is:
+$devstats
+EOF
+)"
+        fi
+done
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/btrfs-errmail.timer b/btrfs-errmail.timer
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0df31e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/btrfs-errmail.timer
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Check for btrfs issues and send mail if any were found
+Documentation=man:btrfs
+
+[Timer]
+OnCalendar=hourly
+Persistent=true
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=timers.target
diff --git a/sysconfig.btrfsmaintenance b/sysconfig.btrfsmaintenance
index cfaa81e..6444685 100644
--- a/sysconfig.btrfsmaintenance
+++ b/sysconfig.btrfsmaintenance
@@ -152,3 +152,13 @@ BTRFS_TRIM_MOUNTPOINTS="/"
 # the timer for these tasks(s) elapsed while the system was suspended
 # or powered off.
 BTRFS_ALLOW_CONCURRENCY="false"
+
+## Path:	System/File systems/btrfs
+## Description:	Mail address to send issue reports to
+## Type: 	string
+## Default:	""
+#
+# If this is set to an email address or an username like "root", btrfs device stats
+# data will be checked every hour and an email will be sent to the given address
+# if any issues(like data corruption or read issues) were found.
+BTRFS_MAILADDR=""