diff --git a/data/hooks/diagnosis/90-security.py b/data/hooks/diagnosis/90-security.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0b1b61226
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/hooks/diagnosis/90-security.py
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import os
+import json
+import subprocess
+
+from yunohost.diagnosis import Diagnoser
+from moulinette.utils.filesystem import read_json, write_to_json
+
+
+class SecurityDiagnoser(Diagnoser):
+
+    id_ = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(__file__))[0].split("-")[1]
+    cache_duration = 3600
+    dependencies = []
+
+    def run(self):
+
+        "CVE-2017-5754"
+
+        if self.is_vulnerable_to_meltdown():
+            yield dict(meta={"test": "meltdown"},
+                       status="ERROR",
+                       summary=("diagnosis_security_vulnerable_to_meltdown", {}),
+                       details=[("diagnosis_security_vulnerable_to_meltdown_details", ())]
+                       )
+        else:
+            yield dict(meta={},
+                       status="SUCCESS",
+                       summary=("diagnosis_security_all_good", {})
+                       )
+
+
+    def is_vulnerable_to_meltdown(self):
+        # meltdown CVE: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5754
+
+        # We use a cache file to avoid re-running the script so many times,
+        # which can be expensive (up to around 5 seconds on ARM)
+        # and make the admin appear to be slow (c.f. the calls to diagnosis
+        # from the webadmin)
+        #
+        # The cache is in /tmp and shall disappear upon reboot
+        # *or* we compare it to dpkg.log modification time
+        # such that it's re-ran if there was package upgrades
+        # (e.g. from yunohost)
+        cache_file = "/tmp/yunohost-meltdown-diagnosis"
+        dpkg_log = "/var/log/dpkg.log"
+        if os.path.exists(cache_file):
+            if not os.path.exists(dpkg_log) or os.path.getmtime(cache_file) > os.path.getmtime(dpkg_log):
+                self.logger_debug("Using cached results for meltdown checker, from %s" % cache_file)
+                return read_json(cache_file)[0]["VULNERABLE"]
+
+        # script taken from https://github.com/speed47/spectre-meltdown-checker
+        # script commit id is store directly in the script
+        SCRIPT_PATH = "/usr/lib/moulinette/yunohost/vendor/spectre-meltdown-checker/spectre-meltdown-checker.sh"
+
+        # '--variant 3' corresponds to Meltdown
+        # example output from the script:
+        # [{"NAME":"MELTDOWN","CVE":"CVE-2017-5754","VULNERABLE":false,"INFOS":"PTI mitigates the vulnerability"}]
+        try:
+            self.logger_debug("Running meltdown vulnerability checker")
+            call = subprocess.Popen("bash %s --batch json --variant 3" %
+                                    SCRIPT_PATH, shell=True,
+                                    stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+                                    stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+
+            # TODO / FIXME : here we are ignoring error messages ...
+            # in particular on RPi2 and other hardware, the script complains about
+            # "missing some kernel info (see -v), accuracy might be reduced"
+            # Dunno what to do about that but we probably don't want to harass
+            # users with this warning ...
+            output, err = call.communicate()
+            assert call.returncode in (0, 2, 3), "Return code: %s" % call.returncode
+
+            # If there are multiple lines, sounds like there was some messages
+            # in stdout that are not json >.> ... Try to get the actual json
+            # stuff which should be the last line
+            output = output.strip()
+            if "\n" in output:
+                self.logger_debug("Original meltdown checker output : %s" % output)
+                output = output.split("\n")[-1]
+
+            CVEs = json.loads(output)
+            assert len(CVEs) == 1
+            assert CVEs[0]["NAME"] == "MELTDOWN"
+        except Exception as e:
+            import traceback
+            traceback.print_exc()
+            self.logger_warning("Something wrong happened when trying to diagnose Meltdown vunerability, exception: %s" % e)
+            raise Exception("Command output for failed meltdown check: '%s'" % output)
+
+        self.logger_debug("Writing results from meltdown checker to cache file, %s" % cache_file)
+        write_to_json(cache_file, CVEs)
+        return CVEs[0]["VULNERABLE"]
+
+
+def main(args, env, loggers):
+    return SecurityDiagnoser(args, env, loggers).diagnose()
diff --git a/locales/en.json b/locales/en.json
index f06310679..c4330b08a 100644
--- a/locales/en.json
+++ b/locales/en.json
@@ -180,6 +180,9 @@
     "diagnosis_regenconf_manually_modified_debian": "Configuration file {file} was manually modified compared to Debian's default.",
     "diagnosis_regenconf_manually_modified_debian_details": "This may probably be OK, but gotta keep an eye on it...",
     "diagnosis_regenconf_nginx_conf_broken": "The nginx configuration appears to be broken!",
+    "diagnosis_security_all_good": "No critical security vulnerability was found.",
+    "diagnosis_security_vulnerable_to_meltdown": "You appear vulnerable to the Meltdown criticial security vulnerability",
+    "diagnosis_security_vulnerable_to_meltdown_details": "To fix this, you should upgrade your system and reboot to load the new linux kernel (or contact your server provider if this doesn't work). See https://meltdownattack.com/ for more infos.",
     "diagnosis_description_ip": "Internet connectivity",
     "diagnosis_description_dnsrecords": "DNS records",
     "diagnosis_description_services": "Services status check",
@@ -187,6 +190,7 @@
     "diagnosis_description_ports": "Ports exposure",
     "diagnosis_description_http": "HTTP exposure",
     "diagnosis_description_regenconf": "System configurations",
+    "diagnosis_description_security": "Security checks",
     "diagnosis_ports_could_not_diagnose": "Could not diagnose if ports are reachable from outside. Error: {error}",
     "diagnosis_ports_unreachable": "Port {port} is not reachable from outside.",
     "diagnosis_ports_ok": "Port {port} is reachable from outside.",