diff --git a/Documentation/Monitors/Clustrix-Monitor.md b/Documentation/Monitors/Clustrix-Monitor.md
index 31476f02b..9d67a1081 100644
--- a/Documentation/Monitors/Clustrix-Monitor.md
+++ b/Documentation/Monitors/Clustrix-Monitor.md
@@ -60,3 +60,12 @@ be lowered as that may have an adverse effect on the Cluster itself.
 ```
 cluster_monitor_interval=120000
 ```
+
+### `health_check_threshold`
+
+Defines how many times the health check may fail before the monitor
+considers a particular node to be down. The default value is 2.
+
+```
+health_check_threshold=3
+```
diff --git a/server/modules/monitor/clustrixmon/clustrixmon.cc b/server/modules/monitor/clustrixmon/clustrixmon.cc
index e971401b2..fdaa98188 100644
--- a/server/modules/monitor/clustrixmon/clustrixmon.cc
+++ b/server/modules/monitor/clustrixmon/clustrixmon.cc
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ extern "C" MXS_MODULE* MXS_CREATE_MODULE()
                 MXS_MODULE_PARAM_COUNT,
                 DEFAULT_CLUSTER_MONITOR_INTERVAL_ZVALUE
             },
+            {
+                HEALTH_CHECK_THRESHOLD_NAME,
+                MXS_MODULE_PARAM_COUNT,
+                DEFAULT_HEALTH_CHECK_THRESHOLD_ZVALUE
+            },
             {MXS_END_MODULE_PARAMS}
         }
     };
diff --git a/server/modules/monitor/clustrixmon/clustrixmon.hh b/server/modules/monitor/clustrixmon/clustrixmon.hh
index 63d8bb1ec..0ca39406f 100644
--- a/server/modules/monitor/clustrixmon/clustrixmon.hh
+++ b/server/modules/monitor/clustrixmon/clustrixmon.hh
@@ -20,3 +20,7 @@
 #define    CLUSTER_MONITOR_INTERVAL_NAME            "cluster_monitor_interval"
 const long DEFAULT_CLUSTER_MONITOR_INTERVAL_VALUE = 60000;
 #define    DEFAULT_CLUSTER_MONITOR_INTERVAL_ZVALUE  "60000"
+
+#define    HEALTH_CHECK_THRESHOLD_NAME            "health_check_threshold"
+const long DEFAULT_HEALTH_CHECK_THRESHOLD_VALUE = 2;
+#define    DEFAULT_HEALTH_CHECK_THRESHOLD_ZVALUE  "2"
diff --git a/server/modules/monitor/clustrixmon/clustrixmonitor.cc b/server/modules/monitor/clustrixmon/clustrixmonitor.cc
index 4fe8ab400..ee35a257b 100644
--- a/server/modules/monitor/clustrixmon/clustrixmonitor.cc
+++ b/server/modules/monitor/clustrixmon/clustrixmonitor.cc
@@ -49,8 +49,10 @@ bool ClustrixMonitor::configure(const MXS_CONFIG_PARAMETER* pParams)
     }
 
     m_health_urls.clear();
+    m_node_infos.clear();
 
     m_config.set_cluster_monitor_interval(config_get_integer(pParams, CLUSTER_MONITOR_INTERVAL_NAME));
+    m_config.set_health_check_threshold(config_get_integer(pParams, HEALTH_CHECK_THRESHOLD_NAME));
 
     refresh_cluster_nodes();
 
@@ -179,8 +181,9 @@ void ClustrixMonitor::fetch_cluster_nodes_from(MXS_MONITORED_SERVER& ms)
                     string ip = row[1];
                     int mysql_port = row[2] ? atoi(row[2]) : DEFAULT_MYSQL_PORT;
                     int health_port = row[3] ? atoi(row[3]) : DEFAULT_HEALTH_PORT;
+                    int health_check_threshold = m_config.health_check_threshold();
 
-                    node_infos.emplace_back(id, ip, mysql_port, health_port);
+                    node_infos.emplace_back(id, ip, mysql_port, health_port, health_check_threshold);
 
                     string health_url = "http://" + ip + ":" + std::to_string(health_port);
                     health_urls.push_back(health_url);
diff --git a/server/modules/monitor/clustrixmon/clustrixmonitor.hh b/server/modules/monitor/clustrixmon/clustrixmonitor.hh
index 8faa968c4..aa6291556 100644
--- a/server/modules/monitor/clustrixmon/clustrixmonitor.hh
+++ b/server/modules/monitor/clustrixmon/clustrixmonitor.hh
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ public:
     public:
         Config()
             : m_cluster_monitor_interval(DEFAULT_CLUSTER_MONITOR_INTERVAL_VALUE)
+            , m_health_check_threshold(DEFAULT_HEALTH_CHECK_THRESHOLD_VALUE)
         {
         };
 
@@ -40,8 +41,19 @@ public:
             m_cluster_monitor_interval = l;
         }
 
+        long health_check_threshold() const
+        {
+            return m_health_check_threshold;
+        }
+
+        void set_health_check_threshold(long l)
+        {
+            m_health_check_threshold = l;
+        }
+
     private:
         long m_cluster_monitor_interval;
+        long m_health_check_threshold;
     };
 
     ~ClustrixMonitor();
diff --git a/server/modules/monitor/clustrixmon/clustrixnodeinfo.hh b/server/modules/monitor/clustrixmon/clustrixnodeinfo.hh
index 681f35ac2..4baaf4ff5 100644
--- a/server/modules/monitor/clustrixmon/clustrixnodeinfo.hh
+++ b/server/modules/monitor/clustrixmon/clustrixnodeinfo.hh
@@ -23,11 +23,14 @@ public:
     ClustrixNodeInfo(int id,
                      const std::string& ip,
                      int mysql_port,
-                     int health_port)
+                     int health_port,
+                     int health_check_threshold)
         : m_id(id)
         , m_ip(ip)
         , m_mysql_port(mysql_port)
         , m_health_port(health_port)
+        , m_health_check_threshold(health_check_threshold)
+        , m_nRunning(m_health_check_threshold)
     {
     }
 
@@ -53,12 +56,22 @@ public:
 
     bool is_running() const
     {
-	return m_is_running;
+	return m_nRunning > 0;
     }
 
     void set_running(bool running)
     {
-	m_is_running = running;
+        if (running)
+        {
+            m_nRunning = m_health_check_threshold;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            if (m_nRunning > 0)
+            {
+                --m_nRunning;
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     std::string to_string() const
@@ -78,7 +91,8 @@ private:
     std::string m_ip;
     int         m_mysql_port;
     int         m_health_port;
-    bool        m_is_running   { true }; // Assume running, until proven otherwise.
+    int         m_health_check_threshold;
+    int         m_nRunning;
 };
 
 inline std::ostream& operator << (std::ostream& out, const ClustrixNodeInfo& x)