diff --git a/openmptcprouter-api/files/usr/libexec/rpcd/openmptcprouter b/openmptcprouter-api/files/usr/libexec/rpcd/openmptcprouter
index 0d40b52a3..7b2f489ba 100755
--- a/openmptcprouter-api/files/usr/libexec/rpcd/openmptcprouter
+++ b/openmptcprouter-api/files/usr/libexec/rpcd/openmptcprouter
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ function interfaces_status()
 	local timeout = uci:get("openmptcprouter","settings","status_getip_timeout") or "1"
 	local dns_test =  ""
 	if uci:get("openmptcprouter","settings","external_check") ~= "0" then
-		dns_test = sys.exec("dig +timeout=" .. timeout .. " +tries=1 openmptcprouter.com | grep 'ANSWER: 0'")
+		dns_test = sys.exec("dig +timeout=" .. timeout .. " +tries=1 openmptcprouter.com | grep -e 'ANSWER: 0' -e 'no servers could be reached'")
 	end
 	if dns_test == "" then
 		mArray.openmptcprouter["dns"] = true