diff --git a/homeassistant/components/sensor/supervisord.py b/homeassistant/components/sensor/supervisord.py
index b2d8c32d9a009f68c33ff9c905bfa61b72f45294..fd0c6292de2bb4efeb63be1c684fdcf445ccea71 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/sensor/supervisord.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/sensor/supervisord.py
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ import homeassistant.helpers.config_validation as cv
 
 _LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+ATTR_DESCRIPTION = 'description'
+ATTR_GROUP = 'group'
+
 DEFAULT_URL = 'http://localhost:9001/RPC2'
 
 PLATFORM_SCHEMA = PLATFORM_SCHEMA.extend({
@@ -29,15 +32,14 @@ def setup_platform(hass, config, add_devices, discovery_info=None):
     url = config.get(CONF_URL)
     try:
         supervisor_server = xmlrpc.client.ServerProxy(url)
+        processes = supervisor_server.supervisor.getAllProcessInfo()
     except ConnectionRefusedError:
         _LOGGER.error("Could not connect to Supervisord")
         return False
 
-    processes = supervisor_server.supervisor.getAllProcessInfo()
-
     add_devices(
         [SupervisorProcessSensor(info, supervisor_server)
-         for info in processes])
+         for info in processes], True)
 
 
 class SupervisorProcessSensor(Entity):
@@ -47,7 +49,7 @@ class SupervisorProcessSensor(Entity):
         """Initialize the sensor."""
         self._info = info
         self._server = server
-        self.update()
+        self._available = True
 
     @property
     def name(self):
@@ -59,15 +61,25 @@ class SupervisorProcessSensor(Entity):
         """Return the state of the sensor."""
         return self._info.get('statename')
 
-    def update(self):
-        """Update device state."""
-        self._info = self._server.supervisor.getProcessInfo(
-            self._info.get('name'))
+    @property
+    def available(self):
+        """Could the device be accessed during the last update call."""
+        return self._available
 
     @property
     def device_state_attributes(self):
         """Return the state attributes."""
         return {
-            'group': self._info.get('group'),
-            'description': self._info.get('description')
+            ATTR_DESCRIPTION: self._info.get('description'),
+            ATTR_GROUP: self._info.get('group'),
         }
+
+    def update(self):
+        """Update device state."""
+        try:
+            self._info = self._server.supervisor.getProcessInfo(
+                self._info.get('name'))
+            self._available = True
+        except ConnectionRefusedError:
+            _LOGGER.warning("Supervisord not available")
+            self._available = False