diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3b5d87d..dd865e7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -127,3 +127,22 @@
 
 Bitte beachten: Der XML-Parser von monitord unterstützt *keine* leeren Tags (also <tag/> oder <tag></tag>). Sollte die Konfiguration dennoch einen solchen enthalten, gibt es einen Segmentation Fault.
 
+##### Wiederherstellung der ActiveMQ-Verbindung
+Je nach Einsatz kann es sein, dass die Verbindung zwischen monitord und dem ActiveMQ-Broker abbricht. Dies kann zum Beispiel auftreten, wenn es Probleme mit der TCP-Verbindung gibt oder aber der Broker zwischenzeitlich neugestartet worden ist.
+Um darauf zu reagieren, kann der ActiveMQ-Client ein Failover nutzen:
+
+	<monitordconfig version="1.0">
+		<!-- ... -->
+		<brokerUri>failover://(tcp://127.0.0.1:61616)</brokerUri>
+		<!-- ... -->
+	</monitordconfig>
+
+bzw. wenn mehrere Broker genutzt werden sollen:
+
+	<monitordconfig version="1.0">
+		<!-- ... -->
+		<brokerUri>failover://(tcp://192.168.0.1:61616,192.168.0.2:61616)</brokerUri>
+		<!-- ... -->
+	</monitordconfig>
+
+
diff --git a/monitord/plugins/libmplugin_activemq.cpp b/monitord/plugins/libmplugin_activemq.cpp
index fab9c8b..3f553bb 100644
--- a/monitord/plugins/libmplugin_activemq.cpp
+++ b/monitord/plugins/libmplugin_activemq.cpp
@@ -194,16 +194,18 @@
 
 	// create a connection
 	try {
-		m_connection = m_connectionFactory->createConnection();
+		m_connection = dynamic_cast<activemq::core::ActiveMQConnection*>(m_connectionFactory->createConnection());
 		LOG_INFO("Connection prepared")
 		m_connection->start();
 		LOG_INFO("Connection started")
 
 		if (m_bClientAck) {
-			m_session = m_connection->createSession(Session::CLIENT_ACKNOWLEDGE);
+			LOG_DEBUG("Setting: client acknowledge required")
+			m_session = dynamic_cast<activemq::core::ActiveMQSession*>(m_connection->createSession(Session::CLIENT_ACKNOWLEDGE));
 		} 
 		else {
-			m_session = m_connection->createSession(Session::AUTO_ACKNOWLEDGE);
+			LOG_DEBUG("Setting: auto acknowledge enabled")
+			m_session = dynamic_cast<activemq::core::ActiveMQSession*>(m_connection->createSession(Session::AUTO_ACKNOWLEDGE));
 		}
 
 		m_bConnected = true;
@@ -224,10 +226,12 @@
 	// close open resources
 	try {
 		if (m_session != NULL) {
+			LOG_DEBUG("Closing session..")
 			m_session->close();
 		}
 
 		if (m_connection != NULL) {
+			LOG_DEBUG("Closing connection...")
 			m_connection->close();
 		}
 	}
@@ -280,6 +284,24 @@
 }
 
 bool MonitorPlugInActiveMQ::establishConnection() {
+	// if some connection issue has occured, try to reconnect to the broker
+	try {
+		if (m_connection != NULL) {
+			LOG_DEBUG("Checking for closed connection")
+			m_connection->checkClosed();
+		}
+
+		if (m_session != NULL && (false == m_session->isStarted())) {
+			throw CMSException("Connection open but session not started");
+		}
+		
+	}
+	catch (CMSException& ex) {
+		LOG_ERROR("Connection is broke:" << ex.getMessage())
+		LOG_INFO("Freeing resources for reconnecting...")
+		freeConnection();
+	}
+
 	if (m_bConnected == false) {
 		LOG_DEBUG("m_bConnected is false: \"" << m_bConnected << "\"")
 	
diff --git a/monitord/plugins/libmplugin_activemq.h b/monitord/plugins/libmplugin_activemq.h
index 52d4f88..e7c4540 100644
--- a/monitord/plugins/libmplugin_activemq.h
+++ b/monitord/plugins/libmplugin_activemq.h
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 #include "base64.h"
 #include "../MonitorLogging.h"
 #include <activemq/core/ActiveMQConnectionFactory.h>
+#include <activemq/core/ActiveMQConnection.h>
+#include <activemq/core/ActiveMQSession.h>
 #include <activemq/util/Config.h>
 #include <activemq/library/ActiveMQCPP.h>
 #include <cms/Connection.h>
@@ -78,8 +80,8 @@
 	bool m_bTopicsInitialized;
 
 	std::auto_ptr<activemq::core::ActiveMQConnectionFactory> m_connectionFactory;
-	cms::Connection* m_connection;
-	cms::Session* m_session;
+	activemq::core::ActiveMQConnection* m_connection;
+	activemq::core::ActiveMQSession* m_session;
 
 	TopicInfo m_genericTopic;
 	Topics m_topics;