diff --git a/plugins/check_procs.c b/plugins/check_procs.c
index 937c0ad..d1d5378 100644
--- a/plugins/check_procs.c
+++ b/plugins/check_procs.c
@@ -203,6 +203,9 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
 
 			/* Ignore self */
 			if (mypid == procpid) continue;
+			
+			/* Ignore child containers if we're on an OpenVZ hardware node */
+			if (read_openvz_id(1) == 0 && read_openvz_id(procpid) != 0) continue;
 
 			if ((options & STAT) && (strstr (statopts, procstat)))
 				resultsum |= STAT;
@@ -666,6 +669,26 @@ convert_to_seconds(char *etime) {
 	return total;
 }
 
+/* Returns the OpenVZ enviroment ID of the specified process, or -1 if we're not on OpenVZ */
+int
+read_openvz_id(int procid) {
+	FILE *file;
+	char *filename = strdup("");
+	char line[64];
+	int result = -1;
+	
+	asprintf(&filename, "/proc/%d/status", procid);
+	
+	if ((file = fopen(filename, "r")) == NULL) return -1;
+	
+	while (fgets(line, sizeof(line), file) != NULL) {
+		sscanf(line, "envID:\t%d", &result);
+	}
+	
+	fclose(file);
+	return result;
+}
+
 
 void
 print_help (void)