diff --git a/charts/metallb/templates/speaker.yaml b/charts/metallb/templates/speaker.yaml
index 77a0f668d3d..b671a66f3fe 100644
--- a/charts/metallb/templates/speaker.yaml
+++ b/charts/metallb/templates/speaker.yaml
@@ -165,6 +165,8 @@ spec:
           emptyDir: {}
         - name: metrics
           emptyDir: {}
+        - name: frr-liveness
+          emptyDir: {}
       {{- if .Values.prometheus.speakerMetricsTLSSecret }}
         - name: metrics-certs
           secret:
@@ -190,6 +192,13 @@ spec:
           volumeMounts:
             - name: reloader
               mountPath: /etc/frr_reloader
+        # Copies the liveness probe script to the shared volume between the speaker and reloader.
+        - name: cp-liveness
+          image: {{ .Values.speaker.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.speaker.image.tag | default .Chart.AppVersion }}
+          command: ["/bin/sh", "-c", "cp -f /liveness.sh /etc/frr_liveness/"]
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: frr-liveness
+              mountPath: /etc/frr_liveness
         # Copies the metrics exporter
         - name: cp-metrics
           image: {{ .Values.speaker.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.speaker.image.tag | default .Chart.AppVersion }}
@@ -323,6 +332,8 @@ spec:
             mountPath: /var/run/frr
           - name: frr-conf
             mountPath: /etc/frr
+          - name: frr-liveness
+            mountPath: /etc/frr_liveness
         # The command is FRR's default entrypoint & waiting for the log file to appear and tailing it.
         # If the log file isn't created in 60 seconds the tail fails and the container is restarted.
         # This workaround is needed to have the frr logs as part of kubectl logs -c frr < speaker_pod_name >.
@@ -341,6 +352,16 @@ spec:
         resources:
           {{- toYaml . | nindent 12 }}
         {{- end }}
+        livenessProbe:
+          exec:
+            command: ["/etc/frr_liveness/liveness.sh"]
+          periodSeconds: 5
+          failureThreshold: 3
+        startupProbe:
+          exec:
+            command: ["/etc/frr_liveness/liveness.sh"]
+          failureThreshold: 30
+          periodSeconds: 5
       - name: reloader
         image: {{ .Values.speaker.frr.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.speaker.frr.image.tag | default .Chart.AppVersion }}
         {{- if .Values.speaker.frr.image.pullPolicy }}
diff --git a/config/frr/speaker-patch.yaml b/config/frr/speaker-patch.yaml
index a673f437849..6914122a3c2 100644
--- a/config/frr/speaker-patch.yaml
+++ b/config/frr/speaker-patch.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ spec:
           emptyDir: {}
         - name: metrics
           emptyDir: {}
+        - name: frr-liveness
+          emptyDir: {}
       initContainers:
         # Copies the initial config files with the right permissions to the shared volume.
         - name: cp-frr-files
@@ -43,6 +45,13 @@ spec:
           volumeMounts:
             - name: reloader
               mountPath: /etc/frr_reloader
+        # Copies the liveness probe script to the shared volume between the speaker and reloader.
+        - name: cp-liveness
+          image: quay.io/metallb/speaker:main
+          command: ["/bin/sh", "-c", "cp -f /liveness.sh /etc/frr_liveness/"]
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: frr-liveness
+              mountPath: /etc/frr_liveness
         # Copies the metrics exporter
         - name: cp-metrics
           image: quay.io/metallb/speaker:main
@@ -64,6 +73,8 @@ spec:
               mountPath: /var/run/frr
             - name: frr-conf
               mountPath: /etc/frr
+            - name: frr-liveness
+              mountPath: /etc/frr_liveness
           # The command is FRR's default entrypoint & waiting for the log file to appear and tailing it.
           # If the log file isn't created in 60 seconds the tail fails and the container is restarted.
           # This workaround is needed to have the frr logs as part of kubectl logs -c frr < speaker_pod_name >.
@@ -78,6 +89,16 @@ spec:
                 attempts=$(( $attempts + 1 ))
               done
               tail -f /etc/frr/frr.log
+          livenessProbe:
+            exec:
+              command: ["/etc/frr_liveness/liveness.sh"]
+            periodSeconds: 5
+            failureThreshold: 3
+          startupProbe:
+            exec:
+              command: ["/etc/frr_liveness/liveness.sh"]
+            failureThreshold: 30
+            periodSeconds: 5
         - name: reloader
           image: frrouting/frr:v7.5.1
           command: ["/etc/frr_reloader/frr-reloader.sh"]
diff --git a/config/manifests/metallb-frr-prometheus.yaml b/config/manifests/metallb-frr-prometheus.yaml
index 6924719529b..2e0bfa91c2f 100644
--- a/config/manifests/metallb-frr-prometheus.yaml
+++ b/config/manifests/metallb-frr-prometheus.yaml
@@ -2104,6 +2104,12 @@ spec:
         - name: TINI_SUBREAPER
           value: "true"
         image: frrouting/frr:v7.5.1
+        livenessProbe:
+          exec:
+            command:
+            - /etc/frr_liveness/liveness.sh
+          failureThreshold: 3
+          periodSeconds: 5
         name: frr
         securityContext:
           capabilities:
@@ -2112,11 +2118,19 @@ spec:
             - NET_RAW
             - SYS_ADMIN
             - NET_BIND_SERVICE
+        startupProbe:
+          exec:
+            command:
+            - /etc/frr_liveness/liveness.sh
+          failureThreshold: 30
+          periodSeconds: 5
         volumeMounts:
         - mountPath: /var/run/frr
           name: frr-sockets
         - mountPath: /etc/frr
           name: frr-conf
+        - mountPath: /etc/frr_liveness
+          name: frr-liveness
       - command:
         - /etc/frr_reloader/frr-reloader.sh
         image: frrouting/frr:v7.5.1
@@ -2237,6 +2251,15 @@ spec:
         volumeMounts:
         - mountPath: /etc/frr_reloader
           name: reloader
+      - command:
+        - /bin/sh
+        - -c
+        - cp -f /liveness.sh /etc/frr_liveness/
+        image: quay.io/metallb/speaker:main
+        name: cp-liveness
+        volumeMounts:
+        - mountPath: /etc/frr_liveness
+          name: frr-liveness
       - command:
         - /bin/sh
         - -c
@@ -2270,6 +2293,8 @@ spec:
         name: reloader
       - emptyDir: {}
         name: metrics
+      - emptyDir: {}
+        name: frr-liveness
       - name: memberlist
         secret:
           defaultMode: 420
diff --git a/config/manifests/metallb-frr.yaml b/config/manifests/metallb-frr.yaml
index 7f999eaf308..1aa28dcc25f 100644
--- a/config/manifests/metallb-frr.yaml
+++ b/config/manifests/metallb-frr.yaml
@@ -1927,6 +1927,12 @@ spec:
         - name: TINI_SUBREAPER
           value: "true"
         image: frrouting/frr:v7.5.1
+        livenessProbe:
+          exec:
+            command:
+            - /etc/frr_liveness/liveness.sh
+          failureThreshold: 3
+          periodSeconds: 5
         name: frr
         securityContext:
           capabilities:
@@ -1935,11 +1941,19 @@ spec:
             - NET_RAW
             - SYS_ADMIN
             - NET_BIND_SERVICE
+        startupProbe:
+          exec:
+            command:
+            - /etc/frr_liveness/liveness.sh
+          failureThreshold: 30
+          periodSeconds: 5
         volumeMounts:
         - mountPath: /var/run/frr
           name: frr-sockets
         - mountPath: /etc/frr
           name: frr-conf
+        - mountPath: /etc/frr_liveness
+          name: frr-liveness
       - command:
         - /etc/frr_reloader/frr-reloader.sh
         image: frrouting/frr:v7.5.1
@@ -2060,6 +2074,15 @@ spec:
         volumeMounts:
         - mountPath: /etc/frr_reloader
           name: reloader
+      - command:
+        - /bin/sh
+        - -c
+        - cp -f /liveness.sh /etc/frr_liveness/
+        image: quay.io/metallb/speaker:main
+        name: cp-liveness
+        volumeMounts:
+        - mountPath: /etc/frr_liveness
+          name: frr-liveness
       - command:
         - /bin/sh
         - -c
@@ -2093,6 +2116,8 @@ spec:
         name: reloader
       - emptyDir: {}
         name: metrics
+      - emptyDir: {}
+        name: frr-liveness
       - name: memberlist
         secret:
           defaultMode: 420
diff --git a/frr-tools/liveness/liveness.sh b/frr-tools/liveness/liveness.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..235a2ed5011
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frr-tools/liveness/liveness.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+EXPECTED_DAEMONS=" bfdd bgpd staticd watchfrr zebra "
+DAEMONS=$(vtysh -c "show daemons" | tr " " "\n" | sort | tr "\n" " ")
+
+if [ "$DAEMONS" != "$EXPECTED_DAEMONS" ]; then
+        echo "Did not find all the expected daemons [$DAEMONS]"
+        exit 1
+fi
+
+
diff --git a/frr-metrics/collector/bfd.go b/frr-tools/metrics/collector/bfd.go
similarity index 100%
rename from frr-metrics/collector/bfd.go
rename to frr-tools/metrics/collector/bfd.go
diff --git a/frr-metrics/collector/bfd_test.go b/frr-tools/metrics/collector/bfd_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from frr-metrics/collector/bfd_test.go
rename to frr-tools/metrics/collector/bfd_test.go
diff --git a/frr-metrics/collector/bgp.go b/frr-tools/metrics/collector/bgp.go
similarity index 100%
rename from frr-metrics/collector/bgp.go
rename to frr-tools/metrics/collector/bgp.go
diff --git a/frr-metrics/collector/bgp_test.go b/frr-tools/metrics/collector/bgp_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from frr-metrics/collector/bgp_test.go
rename to frr-tools/metrics/collector/bgp_test.go
diff --git a/frr-metrics/collector/vtysh.go b/frr-tools/metrics/collector/vtysh.go
similarity index 100%
rename from frr-metrics/collector/vtysh.go
rename to frr-tools/metrics/collector/vtysh.go
diff --git a/frr-metrics/exporter.go b/frr-tools/metrics/exporter.go
similarity index 97%
rename from frr-metrics/exporter.go
rename to frr-tools/metrics/exporter.go
index 506994c79b4..dc452aab467 100644
--- a/frr-metrics/exporter.go
+++ b/frr-tools/metrics/exporter.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promhttp"
 	"github.com/prometheus/exporter-toolkit/web"
 
-	"go.universe.tf/metallb/frr-metrics/collector"
+	"go.universe.tf/metallb/frr-tools/metrics/collector"
 	"go.universe.tf/metallb/internal/logging"
 	"go.universe.tf/metallb/internal/version"
 )
diff --git a/frr-reloader/frr-reloader.sh b/frr-tools/reloader/frr-reloader.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from frr-reloader/frr-reloader.sh
rename to frr-tools/reloader/frr-reloader.sh
diff --git a/speaker/Dockerfile b/speaker/Dockerfile
index 75ba1b514ff..3e212d80caa 100644
--- a/speaker/Dockerfile
+++ b/speaker/Dockerfile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ RUN go mod download
 # Copy speaker
 COPY speaker/*.go speaker/
 # Copy frr-metrics
-COPY frr-metrics ./frr-metrics/
+COPY frr-tools/metrics ./frr-tools/metrics/
 # COPY internals
 COPY internal internal
 COPY api api
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/go-build \
   CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=$TARGETOS GOARCH=$TARGETARCH GOARM=$VARIANT \
   go build -v -o /build/frr-metrics \
   -ldflags "-X 'go.universe.tf/metallb/internal/version.gitCommit=${GIT_COMMIT}' -X 'go.universe.tf/metallb/internal/version.gitBranch=${GIT_BRANCH}'" \
-  frr-metrics/exporter.go \
+  frr-tools/metrics/exporter.go \
   && \
   # build speaker
   CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=$TARGETOS GOARCH=$TARGETARCH GOARM=$VARIANT \
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ FROM docker.io/alpine:latest
 
 COPY --from=builder /build/speaker /speaker
 COPY --from=builder /build/frr-metrics /frr-metrics
-COPY frr-reloader/frr-reloader.sh /frr-reloader.sh
+COPY frr-tools/reloader/frr-reloader.sh /frr-reloader.sh
+COPY frr-tools/liveness/liveness.sh /liveness.sh
 COPY LICENSE /
 
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.authors="metallb" \