diff --git a/lrmd/tls_backend.c b/lrmd/tls_backend.c
index ce62bfbf65..bc57ee701c 100644
--- a/lrmd/tls_backend.c
+++ b/lrmd/tls_backend.c
@@ -1,383 +1,394 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2012 David Vossel <davidvossel@gmail.com>
  *
  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
  * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
  * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  *
  * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
  * Lesser General Public License for more details.
  *
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
  * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
  * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
  *
  */
 
 #include <crm_internal.h>
 
 #include <glib.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 #include <crm/crm.h>
 #include <crm/msg_xml.h>
 #include <crm/crm.h>
 #include <crm/msg_xml.h>
 #include <crm/common/mainloop.h>
 
 #include <lrmd_private.h>
 
 #include <netdb.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 #include <netinet/ip.h>
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
 
 #ifdef HAVE_GNUTLS_GNUTLS_H
 #  define LRMD_REMOTE_AUTH_TIMEOUT 10000
 gnutls_psk_server_credentials_t psk_cred_s;
 gnutls_dh_params_t dh_params;
 static int ssock = -1;
 extern int lrmd_call_id;
 
 static void
 debug_log(int level, const char *str)
 {
     fputs(str, stderr);
 }
 
 static int
 lrmd_remote_client_msg(gpointer data)
 {
     int id = 0;
     int rc = 0;
     int disconnected = 0;
     xmlNode *request = NULL;
     crm_client_t *client = data;
 
     if (client->remote->tls_handshake_complete == FALSE) {
         int rc = 0;
 
         /* Muliple calls to handshake will be required, this callback
          * will be invoked once the client sends more handshake data. */
         do {
             rc = gnutls_handshake(*client->remote->tls_session);
 
             if (rc < 0 && rc != GNUTLS_E_AGAIN) {
                 crm_err("Remote lrmd tls handshake failed");
                 return -1;
             }
         } while (rc == GNUTLS_E_INTERRUPTED);
 
         if (rc == 0) {
             crm_debug("Remote lrmd tls handshake completed");
             client->remote->tls_handshake_complete = TRUE;
             if (client->remote->auth_timeout) {
                 g_source_remove(client->remote->auth_timeout);
             }
             client->remote->auth_timeout = 0;
 
             /* Alert other clients of the new connection */
             notify_of_new_client(client);
         }
         return 0;
     }
 
     rc = crm_remote_ready(client->remote, 0);
     if (rc == 0) {
         /* no msg to read */
         return 0;
     } else if (rc < 0) {
         crm_info("Client disconnected during remote client read");
         return -1;
     }
 
     crm_remote_recv(client->remote, -1, &disconnected);
 
     request = crm_remote_parse_buffer(client->remote);
     while (request) {
         crm_element_value_int(request, F_LRMD_REMOTE_MSG_ID, &id);
         crm_trace("processing request from remote client with remote msg id %d", id);
         if (!client->name) {
             const char *value = crm_element_value(request, F_LRMD_CLIENTNAME);
 
             if (value) {
                 client->name = strdup(value);
             }
         }
 
         lrmd_call_id++;
         if (lrmd_call_id < 1) {
             lrmd_call_id = 1;
         }
 
         crm_xml_add(request, F_LRMD_CLIENTID, client->id);
         crm_xml_add(request, F_LRMD_CLIENTNAME, client->name);
         crm_xml_add_int(request, F_LRMD_CALLID, lrmd_call_id);
 
         process_lrmd_message(client, id, request);
         free_xml(request);
 
         /* process all the messages in the current buffer */
         request = crm_remote_parse_buffer(client->remote);
     }
 
     if (disconnected) {
         crm_info("Client disconnect detected in tls msg dispatcher.");
         return -1;
     }
 
     return 0;
 }
 
 static void
 lrmd_remote_client_destroy(gpointer user_data)
 {
     crm_client_t *client = user_data;
 
     if (client == NULL) {
         return;
     }
 
     ipc_proxy_remove_provider(client);
 
     /* if this is the last remote connection, stop recurring
      * operations */
     if (crm_hash_table_size(client_connections) == 1) {
         client_disconnect_cleanup(NULL);
     }
 
     crm_notice("LRMD client disconnecting remote client - name: %s id: %s",
                client->name ? client->name : "<unknown>", client->id);
 
     if (client->remote->tls_session) {
         void *sock_ptr;
         int csock;
 
         sock_ptr = gnutls_transport_get_ptr(*client->remote->tls_session);
         csock = GPOINTER_TO_INT(sock_ptr);
 
         gnutls_bye(*client->remote->tls_session, GNUTLS_SHUT_RDWR);
         gnutls_deinit(*client->remote->tls_session);
         gnutls_free(client->remote->tls_session);
         close(csock);
     }
 
     lrmd_client_destroy(client);
     return;
 }
 
 static gboolean
 lrmd_auth_timeout_cb(gpointer data)
 {
     crm_client_t *client = data;
 
     client->remote->auth_timeout = 0;
 
     if (client->remote->tls_handshake_complete == TRUE) {
         return FALSE;
     }
 
     mainloop_del_fd(client->remote->source);
     client->remote->source = NULL;
     crm_err("Remote client authentication timed out");
 
     return FALSE;
 }
 
 static int
 lrmd_remote_listen(gpointer data)
 {
     int csock = 0;
     gnutls_session_t *session = NULL;
     crm_client_t *new_client = NULL;
 
     static struct mainloop_fd_callbacks lrmd_remote_fd_cb = {
         .dispatch = lrmd_remote_client_msg,
         .destroy = lrmd_remote_client_destroy,
     };
 
     csock = crm_remote_accept(ssock);
     if (csock < 0) {
         return TRUE;
     }
 
     session = create_psk_tls_session(csock, GNUTLS_SERVER, psk_cred_s);
     if (session == NULL) {
         crm_err("TLS session creation failed");
         close(csock);
         return TRUE;
     }
 
     new_client = crm_client_alloc(NULL);
     new_client->remote = calloc(1, sizeof(crm_remote_t));
     new_client->kind = CRM_CLIENT_TLS;
     new_client->remote->tls_session = session;
     new_client->remote->auth_timeout =
         g_timeout_add(LRMD_REMOTE_AUTH_TIMEOUT, lrmd_auth_timeout_cb, new_client);
     crm_notice("LRMD client connection established. %p id: %s", new_client, new_client->id);
 
     new_client->remote->source =
         mainloop_add_fd("lrmd-remote-client", G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT, csock, new_client,
                         &lrmd_remote_fd_cb);
     return TRUE;
 }
 
 static void
 lrmd_remote_connection_destroy(gpointer user_data)
 {
     crm_notice("Remote tls server disconnected");
     return;
 }
 
 static int
 lrmd_tls_server_key_cb(gnutls_session_t session, const char *username, gnutls_datum_t * key)
 {
     return lrmd_tls_set_key(key);
 }
 
 static int
 bind_and_listen(struct addrinfo *addr)
 {
     int optval;
     int fd;
     int rc;
     char buffer[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN] = { 0, };
 
     crm_sockaddr2str(addr->ai_addr, buffer);
     crm_trace("Attempting to bind on address %s", buffer);
 
     fd = socket(addr->ai_family, addr->ai_socktype, addr->ai_protocol);
     if (fd < 0) {
         return -1;
     }
 
     /* reuse address */
     optval = 1;
     rc = setsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, &optval, sizeof(optval));
     if (rc < 0) {
         crm_perror(LOG_INFO, "Couldn't allow the reuse of local addresses by our remote listener, bind address %s", buffer);
         close(fd);
         return -1;
     }
 
     if (addr->ai_family == AF_INET6) {
         optval = 0;
         rc = setsockopt(fd, IPPROTO_IPV6, IPV6_V6ONLY, &optval, sizeof(optval));
         if (rc < 0) {
             crm_perror(LOG_INFO, "Couldn't disable IPV6 only on address %s", buffer);
             close(fd);
             return -1;
         }
     }
 
     if (bind(fd, addr->ai_addr, addr->ai_addrlen) != 0) {
         close(fd);
         return -1;
     }
 
     if (listen(fd, 10) == -1) {
         crm_err("Can not start listen on address %s", buffer);
         close(fd);
         return -1;
     }
 
     crm_notice("Listening on address %s", buffer);
 
     return fd;
 }
 
 int
 lrmd_init_remote_tls_server()
 {
     int rc;
     int filter;
     int port = crm_default_remote_port();
     struct addrinfo hints, *res = NULL, *iter;
     char port_str[6]; // at most "65535"
+    gnutls_datum_t psk_key = { NULL, 0 };
 
     static struct mainloop_fd_callbacks remote_listen_fd_callbacks = {
         .dispatch = lrmd_remote_listen,
         .destroy = lrmd_remote_connection_destroy,
     };
 
     crm_notice("Starting TLS listener on port %d", port);
     crm_gnutls_global_init();
     gnutls_global_set_log_function(debug_log);
 
     gnutls_dh_params_init(&dh_params);
     gnutls_dh_params_generate2(dh_params, 1024);
     gnutls_psk_allocate_server_credentials(&psk_cred_s);
     gnutls_psk_set_server_credentials_function(psk_cred_s, lrmd_tls_server_key_cb);
     gnutls_psk_set_server_dh_params(psk_cred_s, dh_params);
 
+    /* The key callback won't get called until the first client connection
+     * attempt. Do it once here, so we can warn the user at start-up if we can't
+     * read the key. We don't error out, though, because it's fine if the key is
+     * going to be added later.
+     */
+    rc = lrmd_tls_set_key(&psk_key);
+    if (rc != 0) {
+        crm_warn("A cluster connection will not be possible until the key is available");
+    }
+
     memset(&hints, 0, sizeof(struct addrinfo));
     /* Bind to the wildcard address (INADDR_ANY or IN6ADDR_ANY_INIT).
      * @TODO allow user to specify a specific address
      */
     hints.ai_flags = AI_PASSIVE;
     hints.ai_family = AF_UNSPEC; /* Return IPv6 or IPv4 */
     hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
     hints.ai_protocol = IPPROTO_TCP;
 
     snprintf(port_str, sizeof(port_str), "%d", port);
     rc = getaddrinfo(NULL, port_str, &hints, &res);
     if (rc) {
         crm_err("Unable to get IP address info for local node: %s",
                 gai_strerror(rc));
         return -1;
     }
 
     iter = res;
     filter = AF_INET6;
     /* Try IPv6 addresses first, then IPv4 */
     while (iter) {
         if (iter->ai_family == filter) {
             ssock = bind_and_listen(iter);
         }
         if (ssock != -1) {
             break;
         }
 
         iter = iter->ai_next;
         if (iter == NULL && filter == AF_INET6) {
             iter = res;
             filter = AF_INET;
         }
     }
 
     if (ssock < 0) {
         crm_err("unable to bind to address");
         goto init_remote_cleanup;
     }
 
     mainloop_add_fd("lrmd-remote", G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT, ssock, NULL, &remote_listen_fd_callbacks);
 
     rc = ssock;
   init_remote_cleanup:
     if (rc < 0) {
         close(ssock);
         ssock = 0;
     }
     freeaddrinfo(res);
     return rc;
 
 }
 
 void
 lrmd_tls_server_destroy(void)
 {
     if (psk_cred_s) {
         gnutls_psk_free_server_credentials(psk_cred_s);
         psk_cred_s = 0;
     }
 
     if (ssock > 0) {
         close(ssock);
         ssock = 0;
     }
 }
 #endif