diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index aa9c7bf..c88ff16 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -278,7 +278,8 @@ func main() {
 		// filter ha status changed messages for unreachable ones
 		for _, h := range haStatusChanges {
 			unreachableMessage := strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(h.FullFormattedMessage), "changed to unreachable")
-			if unreachableMessage {
+			hostFailedMessage := strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(h.FullFormattedMessage), "changed to host failed")
+			if unreachableMessage || hostFailedMessage {
 
 				// make sure this host was in the host failures list
 				hostFound := false