diff --git a/XenAdmin/Dialogs/HealthCheck/HealthCheckSettingsDialog.cs b/XenAdmin/Dialogs/HealthCheck/HealthCheckSettingsDialog.cs
index ffdfac0b0..22e9c575a 100644
--- a/XenAdmin/Dialogs/HealthCheck/HealthCheckSettingsDialog.cs
+++ b/XenAdmin/Dialogs/HealthCheck/HealthCheckSettingsDialog.cs
@@ -335,6 +335,15 @@ namespace XenAdmin.Dialogs.HealthCheck
                         if (elevatedSession != null && (elevatedSession.IsLocalSuperuser || SessionAuthorized(elevatedSession, Role.ValidRoleList("pool.set_health_check_config", connection))))
                             passedRbacChecks = true;
                     }
+                    catch (Failure f)
+                    {
+                        if (f.ErrorDescription.Count > 0 && f.ErrorDescription[0] == Failure.RBAC_PERMISSION_DENIED)
+                        {
+                            // we use a different error message here from the standard one in friendly names
+                            throw new Exception(Messages.HEALTH_CHECK_USER_HAS_NO_PERMISSION_TO_CONNECT);
+                        }
+                        throw;
+                    }
                     finally
                     {
                         if (elevatedSession != null)
diff --git a/XenModel/Messages.Designer.cs b/XenModel/Messages.Designer.cs
index 669db8d42..505dcf31b 100755
--- a/XenModel/Messages.Designer.cs
+++ b/XenModel/Messages.Designer.cs
@@ -16265,6 +16265,15 @@ namespace XenAdmin {
             }
         }
         
+        /// <summary>
+        ///   Looks up a localized string similar to This user is not authorized to access this server..
+        /// </summary>
+        public static string HEALTH_CHECK_USER_HAS_NO_PERMISSION_TO_CONNECT {
+            get {
+                return ResourceManager.GetString("HEALTH_CHECK_USER_HAS_NO_PERMISSION_TO_CONNECT", resourceCulture);
+            }
+        }
+        
         /// <summary>
         ///   Looks up a localized string similar to This user is not authorized to perform Health Check operations..
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/XenModel/Messages.resx b/XenModel/Messages.resx
index bc1807464..5d7e015f8 100755
--- a/XenModel/Messages.resx
+++ b/XenModel/Messages.resx
@@ -5749,6 +5749,9 @@ Click Configure HA to alter the settings displayed below.</value>
   <data name="HEALTH_CHECK_AUTHENTICATION_INVALID_CREDENTIALS" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Invalid username or password. Please try again.</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="HEALTH_CHECK_USER_HAS_NO_PERMISSION_TO_CONNECT" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>This user is not authorized to access this server.</value>
+  </data>
   <data name="HEALTH_CHECK_USER_NOT_AUTHORIZED" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>This user is not authorized to perform Health Check operations.</value>
   </data>