diff --git a/btrbk-cron b/btrbk-cron
index 719ce08..712d0bc 100755
--- a/btrbk-cron
+++ b/btrbk-cron
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ fi
 HEALTHCHECK_URL=${HEALTHCHECK_URL:-http://127.0.0.1}
 HEALTHCHECK_ENABLE=${HEALTHCHECK_ENABLE:-false}
 FAIL_IF_TARGET_UNREACHABLE=${FAIL_IF_TARGET_UNREACHABLE:-true}
+IGNORE_TARGET_UNREACHABLE=${IGNORE_TARGET_UNREACHABLE:-false}
 CURLOPTS=(-fsS -m 10 --retry 5)
 
 if [[ ! -d /run/btrbk ]] ; then
@@ -66,16 +67,18 @@ SSHUSER=$(echo "${SSHUSER}" | sed -r 's/.*ssh_user[\ \t]+//g')
 
 SSH_OK=$(ssh -i "${IDENTITYFILE}" "${SSHUSER}@${HOST}" "which btrfs")
 
-if [[ "${SSH_OK}" = "" ]] ; then
-  echo "Warning: exiting because of backup destination unreachable" | tee -a "${LOGFILE}"
-  if [[ "${HEALTHCHECK_ENABLE}" = "true" ]] ; then
-    curl "${CURLOPTS[@]}" --data-binary "@${LOGFILE}" "${HEALTHCHECK_URL}/log"
-  fi
-  rm -f -- "${LOGFILE}"
-  if [[ "${FAIL_IF_TARGET_UNREACHABLE}" = "true" ]] ; then
-    exit 1
-  else
-    exit 0
+if [[ "${IGNORE_TARGET_UNREACHABLE}" = "false" ]] ; then
+  if [[ "${SSH_OK}" = "" ]] ; then
+    echo "Warning: exiting because of backup destination unreachable" | tee -a "${LOGFILE}"
+    if [[ "${HEALTHCHECK_ENABLE}" = "true" ]] ; then
+      curl "${CURLOPTS[@]}" --data-binary "@${LOGFILE}" "${HEALTHCHECK_URL}/log"
+    fi
+    rm -f -- "${LOGFILE}"
+    if [[ "${FAIL_IF_TARGET_UNREACHABLE}" = "true" ]] ; then
+      exit 1
+    else
+      exit 0
+    fi
   fi
 fi
 
diff --git a/btrbk-cron.conf.example b/btrbk-cron.conf.example
index deb3944..c81e161 100644
--- a/btrbk-cron.conf.example
+++ b/btrbk-cron.conf.example
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 HEALTHCHECK_ENABLE=true
 HEALTHCHECK_URL=https://my.selfhosted.healthcheck.com/ping/e48e4add-c17c-467c-9a91-7b245ad57fe8
 FAIL_IF_TARGET_UNREACHABLE=true
+IGNORE_TARGET_UNREACHABLE=false