diff --git a/XenAdmin/Dialogs/PropertiesDialog.cs b/XenAdmin/Dialogs/PropertiesDialog.cs
index 1af7923bf..43dc648d6 100755
--- a/XenAdmin/Dialogs/PropertiesDialog.cs
+++ b/XenAdmin/Dialogs/PropertiesDialog.cs
@@ -322,7 +322,23 @@ private void Build()
                     (connection.Session.IsLocalSuperuser || connection.Session.Roles.Any(r => r.name_label == Role.MR_ROLE_POOL_ADMIN)))
                 {
                     NRPEEditPage = new NRPEEditPage();
-                    ShowTab(NRPEEditPage);
+                    bool nrpeAvailable = false;
+                    using (var dialog = new ActionProgressDialog(
+                               new DelegatedAsyncAction(connection, Messages.NRPE_PLUGIN_CHECKING,
+                                   Messages.NRPE_PLUGIN_CHECKING, Messages.NRPE_PLUGIN_CHECKED,
+                                   delegate (Session session)
+                                   {
+                                       nrpeAvailable = NRPEEditPage.IsNRPEAvailable(_xenObjectCopy);
+                                   }),
+                               ProgressBarStyle.Continuous))
+                    {
+                        dialog.ShowCancel = true;
+                        dialog.ShowDialog(Program.MainWindow);
+                    }
+                    if (nrpeAvailable)
+                    {
+                        ShowTab(NRPEEditPage);
+                    }
                 }
             }
             finally
diff --git a/XenAdmin/SettingsPanels/NRPEEditPage.cs b/XenAdmin/SettingsPanels/NRPEEditPage.cs
index ffbde99d9..0020aa90e 100644
--- a/XenAdmin/SettingsPanels/NRPEEditPage.cs
+++ b/XenAdmin/SettingsPanels/NRPEEditPage.cs
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ namespace XenAdmin.SettingsPanels
 {
     public partial class NRPEEditPage : UserControl, IEditPage
     {
+        private static readonly log4net.ILog log = log4net.LogManager.GetLogger(System.Reflection.MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType);
+
         private static readonly Regex REGEX_IPV4 = new Regex("^((25[0-5]|2[0-4]\\d|[01]?\\d\\d?)\\.){3}(25[0-5]|2[0-4]\\d|[01]?\\d\\d?)");
         private static readonly Regex REGEX_IPV4_CIDR = new Regex("^([0-9]{1,3}\\.){3}[0-9]{1,3}(\\/([0-9]|[1-2][0-9]|3[0-2]))?$");
         private static readonly Regex REGEX_DOMAIN = new Regex("^(((?!-))(xn--|_)?[a-z0-9-]{0,61}[a-z0-9]{1,1}\\.)*(xn--)?([a-z0-9][a-z0-9\\-]{0,60}|[a-z0-9-]{1,30}\\.[a-z]{2,})$");
@@ -363,6 +365,22 @@ private void UpdateCurrentNRPEConfiguration()
             }
         }
 
+        public bool IsNRPEAvailable(IXenObject clone)
+        {
+            IXenObject o = clone is Pool p ? Helpers.GetCoordinator(p) : clone;
+            try
+            {
+                Host.call_plugin(o.Connection.Session, o.opaque_ref, NRPEHostConfiguration.XAPI_NRPE_PLUGIN_NAME,
+                    NRPEHostConfiguration.XAPI_NRPE_STATUS, null);
+                return true;
+            }
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                log.ErrorFormat("NRPE plugin checking failed, failed reason: {0}", e.Message);
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
         private void EnableNRPECheckBox_CheckedChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
         {
             UpdateComponentStatusBasedEnableNRPECheckBox();
diff --git a/XenModel/Messages.Designer.cs b/XenModel/Messages.Designer.cs
index 92325ebca..652bac6b9 100755
--- a/XenModel/Messages.Designer.cs
+++ b/XenModel/Messages.Designer.cs
@@ -29285,6 +29285,24 @@ public static string NRPE_INACTIVE {
             }
         }
         
+        /// <summary>
+        ///   Looks up a localized string similar to Checking NRPE plugin status finished..
+        /// </summary>
+        public static string NRPE_PLUGIN_CHECKED {
+            get {
+                return ResourceManager.GetString("NRPE_PLUGIN_CHECKED", resourceCulture);
+            }
+        }
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        ///   Looks up a localized string similar to Checking NRPE plugin status..
+        /// </summary>
+        public static string NRPE_PLUGIN_CHECKING {
+            get {
+                return ResourceManager.GetString("NRPE_PLUGIN_CHECKING", resourceCulture);
+            }
+        }
+        
         /// <summary>
         ///   Looks up a localized string similar to Retrieve NRPE configuration failed, please check XenCenter logs..
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/XenModel/Messages.resx b/XenModel/Messages.resx
index 6e390e156..0f19bf8f5 100755
--- a/XenModel/Messages.resx
+++ b/XenModel/Messages.resx
@@ -10161,6 +10161,12 @@ When you configure an NFS storage repository, you simply provide the host name o
   <data name="NRPE_INACTIVE" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>NRPE service is inactive</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="NRPE_PLUGIN_CHECKED" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Checking NRPE plugin status finished.</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="NRPE_PLUGIN_CHECKING" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Checking NRPE plugin status.</value>
+  </data>
   <data name="NRPE_RETRIEVE_FAILED" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Retrieve NRPE configuration failed, please check XenCenter logs.</value>
   </data>