diff --git a/flux2/config/monitoring/stackspin-alerts-prometheusrule.yaml b/flux2/config/monitoring/stackspin-alerts-prometheusrule.yaml
index 0acd5cebd0061b32059d7f4d657f323f3728db9e..2dbb33d4ca595c2eb21b255757fce934416bb530 100644
--- a/flux2/config/monitoring/stackspin-alerts-prometheusrule.yaml
+++ b/flux2/config/monitoring/stackspin-alerts-prometheusrule.yaml
@@ -75,3 +75,12 @@ spec:
         annotations:
           summary: Container Memory usage ({{ $labels.container }})
           description: "Container Memory usage is above 80%\n  VALUE = {{ $value }}\n  LABELS = {{ $labels }}"
+
+      - alert: HostHighLoad
+        expr: instance:node_load1_per_cpu:ratio > 1
+        for: 10m
+        labels:
+          severity: warning
+        annotations:
+          summary: High load on ({{ $labels.instance }})
+          description: "Load per cpu is above 1\n  VALUE = {{ $value }}\n  LABELS = {{ $labels }}"