diff --git a/cloudcontrol/node/hypervisor/domains/vm_tags.py b/cloudcontrol/node/hypervisor/domains/vm_tags.py
index 3a52b6cf8552792bec66babfcdf327bb3be9a7cd..b6f1c91c9af5a24bf4287a0c66787c17212cadc8 100644
--- a/cloudcontrol/node/hypervisor/domains/vm_tags.py
+++ b/cloudcontrol/node/hypervisor/domains/vm_tags.py
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ from xml.etree import cElementTree as et
 from StringIO import StringIO
 
 import libvirt
-from cloudcontrol.common.client.tags import ttl, refresh
+
+from cloudcontrol.node.utils import execute
+
+from cloudcontrol.common.client.tags import ttl, refresh, background
 
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -55,6 +58,17 @@ def uuid(dom):
     return dom.uuid.lower()
 
 
+@background
+def rescue(dom):
+    """Is rescue mode enabled or not"""
+    rescue_path = dom.hypervisor.handler.main.config.rescue_script
+    rcode, output = execute(dom.hypervisor.handler.main, [rescue_path, '-s', dom.name])
+    if rcode == 0:
+        return output.strip()
+    else:
+        return 'error'
+
+
 def status(dom):
     return dom.state