diff --git a/cmd/metal-api/internal/issues/issues_test.go b/cmd/metal-api/internal/issues/issues_test.go
index 934f26add..c47786f36 100644
--- a/cmd/metal-api/internal/issues/issues_test.go
+++ b/cmd/metal-api/internal/issues/issues_test.go
@@ -85,6 +85,39 @@ func TestFindIssues(t *testing.T) {
 				}
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name: "powersupply failure",
+			only: []Type{TypePowerSupplyFailure},
+			machines: func() metal.Machines {
+				noPartitionMachine := machineTemplate("power-supply-failure")
+				noPartitionMachine.IPMI = metal.IPMI{
+					PowerSupplies: metal.PowerSupplies{
+						{Status: metal.PowerSupplyStatus{Health: "NO-OK", State: "Absent"}},
+					},
+				}
+
+				return metal.Machines{
+					noPartitionMachine,
+					machineTemplate("good"),
+				}
+			},
+			eventContainers: func() metal.ProvisioningEventContainers {
+				return metal.ProvisioningEventContainers{
+					eventContainerTemplate("power-supply-failure"),
+					eventContainerTemplate("good"),
+				}
+			},
+			want: func(machines metal.Machines) MachineIssues {
+				return MachineIssues{
+					{
+						Machine: &machines[0],
+						Issues: Issues{
+							toIssue(&issuePowerSupplyFailure{details: "Health:NO-OK State:Absent"}),
+						},
+					},
+				}
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			name: "liveliness dead",
 			only: []Type{TypeLivelinessDead},
diff --git a/cmd/metal-api/internal/issues/powersupply-failure.go b/cmd/metal-api/internal/issues/powersupply-failure.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e9c49a3b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/metal-api/internal/issues/powersupply-failure.go
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package issues
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/metal-stack/metal-api/cmd/metal-api/internal/metal"
+)
+
+const (
+	TypePowerSupplyFailure Type = "powersupply-failure"
+)
+
+type (
+	issuePowerSupplyFailure struct {
+		details string
+	}
+)
+
+func (i *issuePowerSupplyFailure) Spec() *spec {
+	return &spec{
+		Type:        TypePowerSupplyFailure,
+		Severity:    SeverityMajor,
+		Description: "machine has power supply failures",
+		RefURL:      "https://docs.metal-stack.io/stable/installation/troubleshoot/#power-supply-failure",
+	}
+}
+
+func (i *issuePowerSupplyFailure) Evaluate(m metal.Machine, ec metal.ProvisioningEventContainer, c *Config) bool {
+	for _, ps := range m.IPMI.PowerSupplies {
+		if strings.ToLower(ps.Status.Health) != "ok" || strings.ToLower(ps.Status.State) != "enabled" {
+			i.details = fmt.Sprintf("Health:%s State:%s", ps.Status.Health, ps.Status.State)
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+func (i *issuePowerSupplyFailure) Details() string {
+	return i.details
+}
diff --git a/cmd/metal-api/internal/issues/types.go b/cmd/metal-api/internal/issues/types.go
index 2ff13ad0e..c38536a08 100644
--- a/cmd/metal-api/internal/issues/types.go
+++ b/cmd/metal-api/internal/issues/types.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ func AllIssueTypes() []Type {
 		TypeASNUniqueness,
 		TypeNonDistinctBMCIP,
 		TypeNoEventContainer,
+		TypePowerSupplyFailure,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -52,6 +53,8 @@ func NewIssueFromType(t Type) (issue, error) {
 		return &issueNonDistinctBMCIP{}, nil
 	case TypeNoEventContainer:
 		return &issueNoEventContainer{}, nil
+	case TypePowerSupplyFailure:
+		return &issuePowerSupplyFailure{}, nil
 	default:
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown issue type: %s", t)
 	}