diff --git a/images/fedora-intune/defender.yaml b/images/fedora-intune/defender.yaml
index 73561d3..ce12384 100644
--- a/images/fedora-intune/defender.yaml
+++ b/images/fedora-intune/defender.yaml
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ add-files:
   - ["mdatp-firstboot.service", "/usr/lib/systemd/system/mdatp-firstboot.service"]
   - ["mdatp-firstboot.conf", "/usr/lib/systemd/system/mdatp.service.d/10-firstboot.conf"]
   - ["50-defender.preset", "/usr/lib/systemd/system-preset/50-defender.preset"]
+  # Defender health for the Intune compliance script, which can't query
+  # Defender itself from inside himmelblaud-tasks; see the script.
+  - ["mdatp-health-snapshot", "/usr/libexec/mdatp-health-snapshot"]
+  - ["mdatp-health-snapshot.service", "/usr/lib/systemd/system/mdatp-health-snapshot.service"]
+  - ["mdatp-health-snapshot.timer", "/usr/lib/systemd/system/mdatp-health-snapshot.timer"]
   # Enforced Defender settings (shown as "[managed]" in `mdatp health`; local
   # changes are refused): real-time protection, behavior monitoring, PUA
   # blocking, cloud protection at the "high" block level, automatic updates
@@ -57,4 +62,4 @@ postprocess:
     # Fail the build on a typo rather than ship a config Defender can't read.
     python3 -m json.tool /usr/share/mdatp-managed/mdatp_managed.json > /dev/null
     rpm -q --qf '%{POSTIN}' mdatp > /usr/libexec/mdatp-postinst
-    chmod 0755 /usr/libexec/mdatp-firstboot /usr/libexec/mdatp-postinst
+    chmod 0755 /usr/libexec/mdatp-firstboot /usr/libexec/mdatp-postinst /usr/libexec/mdatp-health-snapshot
diff --git a/images/fedora-intune/files/50-defender.preset b/images/fedora-intune/files/50-defender.preset
index dec91a5..d16089b 100644
--- a/images/fedora-intune/files/50-defender.preset
+++ b/images/fedora-intune/files/50-defender.preset
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@
 enable mdatp-firstboot.service
 enable mdatp.service
 enable mde_netfilter_v2.socket
+# Health snapshot for the Intune compliance script.
+enable mdatp-health-snapshot.timer
diff --git a/images/fedora-intune/files/mdatp-health-snapshot b/images/fedora-intune/files/mdatp-health-snapshot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..acdf0d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/images/fedora-intune/files/mdatp-health-snapshot
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Save `mdatp health` fields to /run/mdatp-health/<field> for the Intune
+# custom compliance script (intune/defender-compliance.sh).
+#
+# That script runs inside himmelblaud-tasks.service, and Defender refuses to
+# answer it there: the daemon checks the calling process tree, can't read
+# /proc/<himmelblaud_tasks pid>/cmdline ("Permission denied" in
+# microsoft_defender_err.log), and the script sees no daemon. This runs from a
+# timer outside that service instead. Each file holds the raw
+# `mdatp health --field` output; the directory is replaced as a whole.
+set -euo pipefail
+
+MDATP=/usr/bin/mdatp
+DEST=/run/mdatp-health
+FIELDS=(
+  healthy
+  licensed
+  org_id
+  real_time_protection_enabled
+  behavior_monitoring
+  cloud_enabled
+  definitions_status
+  definitions_updated_minutes_ago
+  app_version
+)
+
+tmp="$(mktemp -d "${DEST}.XXXXXX")"
+trap 'rm -rf "${tmp}"' EXIT
+for field in "${FIELDS[@]}"; do
+  "${MDATP}" health --field "${field}" > "${tmp}/${field}" 2>/dev/null || true
+done
+chmod 0755 "${tmp}"
+chmod 0644 "${tmp}"/*
+
+# Swap in the new snapshot; readers see either the old or the new one.
+rm -rf "${DEST}.old"
+[[ -d "${DEST}" ]] && mv "${DEST}" "${DEST}.old"
+mv "${tmp}" "${DEST}"
+rm -rf "${DEST}.old"
+trap - EXIT
diff --git a/images/fedora-intune/files/mdatp-health-snapshot.service b/images/fedora-intune/files/mdatp-health-snapshot.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a06042
--- /dev/null
+++ b/images/fedora-intune/files/mdatp-health-snapshot.service
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Save Microsoft Defender health for the Intune compliance check
+After=mdatp.service
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+ExecStart=/usr/libexec/mdatp-health-snapshot
diff --git a/images/fedora-intune/files/mdatp-health-snapshot.timer b/images/fedora-intune/files/mdatp-health-snapshot.timer
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d934e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/images/fedora-intune/files/mdatp-health-snapshot.timer
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Save Microsoft Defender health every 5 minutes
+
+[Timer]
+OnBootSec=2min
+OnUnitActiveSec=5min
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=timers.target
diff --git a/images/fedora-intune/intune/defender-compliance.sh b/images/fedora-intune/intune/defender-compliance.sh
index 213fcd9..78f4163 100755
--- a/images/fedora-intune/intune/defender-compliance.sh
+++ b/images/fedora-intune/intune/defender-compliance.sh
@@ -10,11 +10,21 @@
 # instead of as a script error.
 
 MDATP=/usr/bin/mdatp
+# Under Himmelblau, Defender won't answer `mdatp health` from this script, so
+# a root timer may save the fields in /run/mdatp-health (the fedora-intune
+# image does). Used when under 20 minutes old, otherwise mdatp is asked.
+SNAPSHOT=/run/mdatp-health
+
+if [[ -n "$(find "${SNAPSHOT}/healthy" -mmin -20 2>/dev/null)" ]]; then
+  raw_field() { cat "${SNAPSHOT}/$1" 2>/dev/null; }
+else
+  raw_field() { "${MDATP}" health --field "$1" 2>/dev/null; }
+fi
 
 # Print one `mdatp health` field without quotes or a trailing " [managed]".
 # Unlicensed or unonboarded, mdatp prints "ATTENTION: ..." lines first.
 field() {
-  "${MDATP}" health --field "$1" 2>/dev/null | grep -v '^ATTENTION' | tail -n1 \
+  raw_field "$1" | grep -v '^ATTENTION' | tail -n1 \
     | sed -e 's/ \[managed\]$//' -e 's/^"//' -e 's/"$//'
 }