diff --git a/bin/reproducible_system_health.sh b/bin/reproducible_system_health.sh
index b6c511343b0485c277f65a49e28fdaf9a69e3445..16d5b03ac5f1d96b8e65fc4f98835ea41767a32d 100755
--- a/bin/reproducible_system_health.sh
+++ b/bin/reproducible_system_health.sh
@@ -302,6 +302,8 @@ for JOB_NAME in $(ls -1d reproducible_* | sort ) ; do
 				small_note "no route to host"
 		elif $(grep -E -q "^ssh: Could not resolve hostname .*: Temporary failure in name resolution" $LOG) ; then
 				small_note "failure in name resolution"
+		elif $(grep -E -q "^ssh: connect to host .* Connection refused" $LOG) ; then
+				small_note "ssh connection refused"
 		elif $(grep -q "^E: Package 'diffoscope' has no installation candidate" $LOG) ; then
 			small_note "package 'diffoscope' has no installation candidate"
 		elif $(grep -q "^W: No exported results found in /tmp/job-exports" $LOG) ; then