diff --git a/gui/slick/interfaces/default/config_notifications.tmpl b/gui/slick/interfaces/default/config_notifications.tmpl
index d8befbef..087d0b68 100644
--- a/gui/slick/interfaces/default/config_notifications.tmpl
+++ b/gui/slick/interfaces/default/config_notifications.tmpl
@@ -41,6 +41,13 @@
                         </div>
 
                         <div id="content_use_xbmc">
+                            <div class="field-pair">
+                                <input type="checkbox" name="xbmc_always_on" id="xbmc_always_on" #if $sickbeard.XBMC_ALWAYS_ON then "checked=\"checked\"" else ""# />
+                                <label class="clearfix" for="xbmc_always_on">
+                                    <span class="component-title">Always On</span>
+                                    <span class="component-desc">Log errors when unreachable?</span>
+                                </label>
+                            </div>
                             <div class="field-pair">
                                 <input type="checkbox" name="xbmc_notify_onsnatch" id="xbmc_notify_onsnatch" #if $sickbeard.XBMC_NOTIFY_ONSNATCH then "checked=\"checked\"" else ""# />
                                 <label class="clearfix" for="xbmc_notify_onsnatch">
diff --git a/sickbeard/__init__.py b/sickbeard/__init__.py
index 7cf04885..146566ff 100644
--- a/sickbeard/__init__.py
+++ b/sickbeard/__init__.py
@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@ TORRENT_HIGH_BANDWIDTH = False
 TORRENT_LABEL = ''
 
 USE_XBMC = False
+XBMC_ALWAYS_ON = True
 XBMC_NOTIFY_ONSNATCH = False
 XBMC_NOTIFY_ONDOWNLOAD = False
 XBMC_NOTIFY_ONSUBTITLEDOWNLOAD = False
@@ -475,7 +476,7 @@ def initialize(consoleLogging=True):
             SAB_USERNAME, SAB_PASSWORD, SAB_APIKEY, SAB_CATEGORY, SAB_HOST, \
             NZBGET_USERNAME, NZBGET_PASSWORD, NZBGET_CATEGORY, NZBGET_HOST, NZBGET_USE_HTTPS, currentSearchScheduler, backlogSearchScheduler, \
             TORRENT_USERNAME, TORRENT_PASSWORD, TORRENT_HOST, TORRENT_PATH, TORRENT_RATIO, TORRENT_SEED_TIME, TORRENT_PAUSED, TORRENT_HIGH_BANDWIDTH, TORRENT_LABEL, \
-            USE_XBMC, XBMC_NOTIFY_ONSNATCH, XBMC_NOTIFY_ONDOWNLOAD, XBMC_NOTIFY_ONSUBTITLEDOWNLOAD, XBMC_UPDATE_FULL, XBMC_UPDATE_ONLYFIRST, \
+            USE_XBMC, XBMC_ALWAYS_ON, XBMC_NOTIFY_ONSNATCH, XBMC_NOTIFY_ONDOWNLOAD, XBMC_NOTIFY_ONSUBTITLEDOWNLOAD, XBMC_UPDATE_FULL, XBMC_UPDATE_ONLYFIRST, \
             XBMC_UPDATE_LIBRARY, XBMC_HOST, XBMC_USERNAME, XBMC_PASSWORD, \
             USE_TRAKT, TRAKT_USERNAME, TRAKT_PASSWORD, TRAKT_API, TRAKT_REMOVE_WATCHLIST, TRAKT_USE_WATCHLIST, TRAKT_METHOD_ADD, TRAKT_START_PAUSED, traktWatchListCheckerSchedular, \
             USE_PLEX, PLEX_NOTIFY_ONSNATCH, PLEX_NOTIFY_ONDOWNLOAD, PLEX_NOTIFY_ONSUBTITLEDOWNLOAD, PLEX_UPDATE_LIBRARY, \
@@ -781,6 +782,7 @@ def initialize(consoleLogging=True):
         TORRENT_LABEL = check_setting_str(CFG, 'TORRENT', 'torrent_label', '')
 
         USE_XBMC = bool(check_setting_int(CFG, 'XBMC', 'use_xbmc', 0))
+        XBMC_ALWAYS_ON = bool(check_setting_int(CFG, 'XBMC', 'xbmc_always_on', 1))
         XBMC_NOTIFY_ONSNATCH = bool(check_setting_int(CFG, 'XBMC', 'xbmc_notify_onsnatch', 0))
         XBMC_NOTIFY_ONDOWNLOAD = bool(check_setting_int(CFG, 'XBMC', 'xbmc_notify_ondownload', 0))
         XBMC_NOTIFY_ONSUBTITLEDOWNLOAD = bool(check_setting_int(CFG, 'XBMC', 'xbmc_notify_onsubtitledownload', 0))
@@ -1526,6 +1528,7 @@ def save_config():
 
     new_config['XBMC'] = {}
     new_config['XBMC']['use_xbmc'] = int(USE_XBMC)
+    new_config['XBMC']['xbmc_always_on'] = int(XBMC_ALWAYS_ON)
     new_config['XBMC']['xbmc_notify_onsnatch'] = int(XBMC_NOTIFY_ONSNATCH)
     new_config['XBMC']['xbmc_notify_ondownload'] = int(XBMC_NOTIFY_ONDOWNLOAD)
     new_config['XBMC']['xbmc_notify_onsubtitledownload'] = int(XBMC_NOTIFY_ONSUBTITLEDOWNLOAD)
diff --git a/sickbeard/notifiers/xbmc.py b/sickbeard/notifiers/xbmc.py
index 358cabd5..13cfecc8 100644
--- a/sickbeard/notifiers/xbmc.py
+++ b/sickbeard/notifiers/xbmc.py
@@ -146,8 +146,8 @@ class XBMCNotifier:
                     if notifyResult:
                         result += curHost + ':' + notifyResult["result"].decode(sickbeard.SYS_ENCODING)
             else:
-                logger.log(u"Failed to detect XBMC version for '" + curHost + "', check configuration and try again.",
-                           logger.ERROR)
+                if sickbeard.XBMC_ALWAYS_ON or force:
+                    logger.log(u"Failed to detect XBMC version for '" + curHost + "', check configuration and try again.", logger.ERROR)
                 result += curHost + ':False'
 
         return result
@@ -542,8 +542,8 @@ class XBMCNotifier:
                                    logger.DEBUG)
                         return True
                 else:
-                    logger.log(u"Failed to detect XBMC version for '" + host + "', check configuration and try again.",
-                               logger.ERROR)
+                    if sickbeard.XBMC_ALWAYS_ON:
+                        logger.log(u"Failed to detect XBMC version for '" + curHost + "', check configuration and try again.", logger.ERROR)
                     result = result + 1
 
             # needed for the 'update xbmc' submenu command
diff --git a/sickbeard/webserve.py b/sickbeard/webserve.py
index 36be1315..847b0247 100644
--- a/sickbeard/webserve.py
+++ b/sickbeard/webserve.py
@@ -1650,7 +1650,7 @@ class ConfigNotifications:
         return _munge(t)
 
     @cherrypy.expose
-    def saveNotifications(self, use_xbmc=None, xbmc_notify_onsnatch=None, xbmc_notify_ondownload=None,
+    def saveNotifications(self, use_xbmc=None, xbmc_always_on=None, xbmc_notify_onsnatch=None, xbmc_notify_ondownload=None,
                           xbmc_notify_onsubtitledownload=None, xbmc_update_onlyfirst=None,
                           xbmc_update_library=None, xbmc_update_full=None, xbmc_host=None, xbmc_username=None,
                           xbmc_password=None,
@@ -1696,6 +1696,7 @@ class ConfigNotifications:
         results = []
 
         sickbeard.USE_XBMC = config.checkbox_to_value(use_xbmc)
+        sickbeard.XBMC_ALWAYS_ON = config.checkbox_to_value(xbmc_always_on)
         sickbeard.XBMC_NOTIFY_ONSNATCH = config.checkbox_to_value(xbmc_notify_onsnatch)
         sickbeard.XBMC_NOTIFY_ONDOWNLOAD = config.checkbox_to_value(xbmc_notify_ondownload)
         sickbeard.XBMC_NOTIFY_ONSUBTITLEDOWNLOAD = config.checkbox_to_value(xbmc_notify_onsubtitledownload)