diff --git a/classes/ezsnmpdstatushandler.php b/classes/ezsnmpdstatushandler.php
index fe43179..98224ed 100644
--- a/classes/ezsnmpdstatushandler.php
+++ b/classes/ezsnmpdstatushandler.php
@@ -403,6 +403,25 @@ function get( $oid )
                             $ok = 1;
                     }
                 }
+                else if ( $clusterhandler == 'eZDFSFileHandler' )
+                {
+                    // This is even worse: we have no right to know if db connection is ok.
+                    // So we replicate some code here...
+                    $dbbackend = eZExtension::getHandlerClass(
+                    new ezpExtensionOptions(
+                    array( 'iniFile'     => 'file.ini',
+                           'iniSection'  => 'eZDFSClusteringSettings',
+                           'iniVariable' => 'DBBackend' ) ) );
+                    try
+                    {
+                        $dbbackend->_connect();
+                        $ok = 1;
+                    }
+                    catch ( exception $e )
+                    {
+                        $ok = 0;
+                    }
+                }
                 else
                 {
                     $ok = -1;
diff --git a/doc/changelogs/0.5/CHANGELOG-0.5-to-0.5.1 b/doc/changelogs/0.5/CHANGELOG-0.5-to-0.5.1
index b805166..6dfa1fd 100644
--- a/doc/changelogs/0.5/CHANGELOG-0.5-to-0.5.1
+++ b/doc/changelogs/0.5/CHANGELOG-0.5-to-0.5.1
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@ Changes from 0.5 to 0.5.1 - released 2012-03-xx
 
 * Bugfixes:
 - Add the missing config files to make the extension show up in the "Setup" left col menu
+- Connection to cluster db was not tested for ezdfs cluster setups
 
 * Misc changes