diff --git a/src/ebusd/bushandler.cpp b/src/ebusd/bushandler.cpp
index 49f58794..873030ee 100644
--- a/src/ebusd/bushandler.cpp
+++ b/src/ebusd/bushandler.cpp
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ void BusHandler::run()
 	time_t lastTime;
 	time(&lastTime);
 	do {
-		if (m_device->isValid()) {
+		if (m_device->isValid() && !m_reconnect) {
 			result_t result = handleSymbol();
 			if (result != RESULT_ERR_TIMEOUT)
 				symCount++;
@@ -262,20 +262,22 @@ void BusHandler::run()
 				m_symPerSec = symCount / (unsigned int)(now-lastTime);
 				if (m_symPerSec > m_maxSymPerSec) {
 					m_maxSymPerSec = m_symPerSec;
-					if (m_maxSymPerSec > 100)
+					if (m_maxSymPerSec > 100) {
 						logNotice(lf_bus, "max. symbols per second: %d", m_maxSymPerSec);
+					}
 				}
 				lastTime = now;
 				symCount = 0;
 			}
 		} else {
-			if (!Wait(10))
+			if (!Wait(10)) {
 				break;
+			}
+			m_reconnect = false;
 			result_t result = m_device->open();
-
-			if (result == RESULT_OK)
+			if (result == RESULT_OK) {
 				logNotice(lf_bus, "re-opened %s", m_device->getName());
-			else {
+			} else {
 				logError(lf_bus, "unable to open %s: %s", m_device->getName(), getResultCode(result));
 				setState(bs_noSignal, result);
 			}
diff --git a/src/ebusd/bushandler.h b/src/ebusd/bushandler.h
index 1af8e245..558291e9 100644
--- a/src/ebusd/bushandler.h
+++ b/src/ebusd/bushandler.h
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ public:
 			const unsigned int transferLatency, const unsigned int busAcquireTimeout, const unsigned int slaveRecvTimeout,
 			const unsigned int lockCount, const bool generateSyn,
 			const unsigned int pollInterval)
-		: WaitThread(), m_device(device), m_messages(messages),
+		: WaitThread(), m_device(device), m_reconnect(false), m_messages(messages),
 		  m_ownMasterAddress(ownAddress), m_ownSlaveAddress((unsigned char)(ownAddress+5)), m_answer(answer),
 		  m_busLostRetries(busLostRetries), m_failedSendRetries(failedSendRetries),
 		  m_transferLatency(transferLatency), m_busAcquireTimeout(busAcquireTimeout), m_slaveRecvTimeout(slaveRecvTimeout),
@@ -424,6 +424,11 @@ public:
 	 */
 	bool hasSignal() { return m_state != bs_noSignal; }
 
+	/**
+	 * Reconnect the device.
+	 */
+	void reconnect() { m_reconnect = true; }
+
 	/**
 	 * Return the current symbol rate.
 	 * @return the number of received symbols in the last second.
@@ -488,6 +493,9 @@ private:
 	/** the @a Device instance for accessing the bus. */
 	Device* m_device;
 
+	/** set to @p true when the device shall be reconnected. */
+	bool m_reconnect;
+
 	/** the @a MessageMap instance with all known @a Message instances. */
 	MessageMap* m_messages;
 
diff --git a/src/ebusd/mainloop.cpp b/src/ebusd/mainloop.cpp
index 8d4c6bf6..50bcc0ec 100644
--- a/src/ebusd/mainloop.cpp
+++ b/src/ebusd/mainloop.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
 
 using namespace std;
 
+/** the number of seconds of permanent missing signal after which to reconnect the device. */
+#define RECONNECT_MISSING_SIGNAL 60
+
 /** the known column names (pairs of full length name and short length name). */
 static const char* columnNames[] = {
 	"type", "t",
@@ -42,7 +45,9 @@ static const char* columnNames[] = {
 static const size_t columnCount = sizeof(columnNames) / sizeof(char*);
 
 MainLoop::MainLoop(const struct options opt, Device *device, MessageMap* messages)
-	: Thread(), m_device(device), m_messages(messages), m_address(opt.address), m_scanConfig(opt.scanConfig), m_initialScan(opt.initialScan), m_enableHex(opt.enableHex)
+	: Thread(), m_device(device), m_reconnectCount(0), m_messages(messages),
+	  m_address(opt.address), m_scanConfig(opt.scanConfig),
+	  m_initialScan(opt.initialScan), m_enableHex(opt.enableHex)
 {
 	// setup Device
 	m_device->setLogRaw(opt.logRaw);
@@ -98,7 +103,7 @@ MainLoop::~MainLoop()
 void MainLoop::run()
 {
 	bool reload = true;
-	time_t lastTaskRun, now;
+	time_t lastTaskRun, now, lastSignal = 0;
 	int taskDelay = 5;
 	unsigned char lastScanAddress = 0; // 0 is known to be a master
 	time(&now);
@@ -112,9 +117,19 @@ void MainLoop::run()
 		time(&now);
 		if (now<lastTaskRun) {
 			// clock skew
+			if (now<lastSignal) {
+				lastSignal -= lastTaskRun-now;
+			}
 			lastTaskRun = now;
 		} else if (now > lastTaskRun+taskDelay) {
 			logDebug(lf_main, "performing regular tasks");
+			if (m_busHandler->hasSignal()) {
+				lastSignal = now;
+			} else if (lastSignal && now > lastSignal+RECONNECT_MISSING_SIGNAL) {
+				lastSignal = 0;
+				m_busHandler->reconnect();
+				m_reconnectCount++;
+			}
 			if (m_scanConfig) {
 				if (m_initialScan != ESC && reload && m_busHandler->hasSignal()) {
 					result_t result = RESULT_ERR_NO_SIGNAL;
@@ -1135,11 +1150,12 @@ string MainLoop::executeInfo(vector<string> &args)
 	} else {
 		result << "signal: no signal\n";
 	}
+	result << "reconnects: " << static_cast<unsigned>(m_reconnectCount) << "\n";
 	result << "masters: " << static_cast<unsigned>(m_busHandler->getMasterCount()) << "\n";
 	result << "messages: " << static_cast<unsigned>(m_messages->size()) << "\n";
 	result << "conditional: " << static_cast<unsigned>(m_messages->sizeConditional()) << "\n";
 	result << "poll: " << static_cast<unsigned>(m_messages->sizePoll()) << "\n";
-	result << "update: " << static_cast<unsigned>(m_messages->sizePassive()) << "\n";
+	result << "update: " << static_cast<unsigned>(m_messages->sizePassive());
 	m_busHandler->formatSeenInfo(result);
 	return result.str();
 }
diff --git a/src/ebusd/mainloop.h b/src/ebusd/mainloop.h
index 1765220f..47abc567 100644
--- a/src/ebusd/mainloop.h
+++ b/src/ebusd/mainloop.h
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ private:
 	/** the @a Device instance. */
 	Device* m_device;
 
+	/** the number of reconnects requested from the @a Device. */
+	unsigned int m_reconnectCount;
+
 	/** the @a MessageMap instance. */
 	MessageMap* m_messages;