diff -aru monit-5.4/src/daemonize.c monit-edited/src/daemonize.c
--- monit-5.4/src/daemonize.c	2012-05-06 02:40:45.000000000 -0700
+++ monit-edited/src/daemonize.c	2016-01-07 17:54:13.979175325 -0800
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #endif
 
+#include <sys/reboot.h>
 #include "monit.h"
 
 
@@ -93,8 +94,9 @@
    */
   if((pid= fork ()) < 0) {
     
-    LogError("Cannot fork of a new process\n");  
-    exit (1);
+    LogError("Cannot fork of a new process, rebooting\n");
+    sync();
+    reboot(RB_AUTOBOOT);
     
   }  
   else if(pid != 0) {
@@ -107,8 +109,9 @@
 
   if((pid= fork ()) < 0) {
     
-    LogError("Cannot fork of a new process\n");  
-    exit (1);
+    LogError("Cannot fork of a new process, rebooting\n");
+    sync();
+    reboot(RB_AUTOBOOT);
     
   }  
   else if(pid != 0) {
Only in monit-edited/src: .daemonize.c.swp
diff -aru monit-5.4/src/spawn.c monit-edited/src/spawn.c
--- monit-5.4/src/spawn.c	2016-01-07 14:15:22.132302393 -0800
+++ monit-edited/src/spawn.c	2016-01-07 17:53:54.130841558 -0800
@@ -64,10 +64,13 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #endif
 
+
 #ifdef HAVE_FCNTL_H
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #endif
 
+#include <sys/reboot.h>
+
 #include "event.h"
 #include "alert.h"
 #include "monit.h"
@@ -157,8 +160,9 @@
         
         pid= fork();
         if(pid < 0) {
-                LogError("Cannot fork a new process: %s\n", strerror(errno));  
-                exit(1); 
+            LogError("Cannot fork a new process, rebooting: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+            sync();
+            reboot(RB_AUTOBOOT);
         }
         
         if(pid == 0) {
Only in monit-edited/src: .spawn.c.swp