diff --git a/src/dvb/dvb_fe.c b/src/dvb/dvb_fe.c
index 13b2ba3..a94bcec 100644
--- a/src/dvb/dvb_fe.c
+++ b/src/dvb/dvb_fe.c
@@ -341,6 +341,35 @@ dvb_fe_stop(th_dvb_mux_instance_t *tdmi, int retune)
 
 #if DVB_API_VERSION >= 5
 
+static int check_frontend (int fe_fd, int dvr, int human_readable) {
+  (void)dvr;
+  fe_status_t status;
+  uint16_t snr, signal;
+  uint32_t ber;
+  int timeout = 0;
+
+  do {
+    if (ioctl(fe_fd, FE_READ_STATUS, &status) == -1)
+      perror("FE_READ_STATUS failed");
+    /* some frontends might not support all these ioctls, thus we
+     * avoid printing errors
+     */
+    if (ioctl(fe_fd, FE_READ_SIGNAL_STRENGTH, &signal) == -1)
+      signal = -2;
+    if (ioctl(fe_fd, FE_READ_SNR, &snr) == -1)
+      snr = -2;
+    if (ioctl(fe_fd, FE_READ_BER, &ber) == -1)
+      ber = -2;
+
+    if ((status & FE_HAS_LOCK) || (++timeout >= 10))
+      break;
+
+    usleep(1000000);
+  } while (1);
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
 static struct dtv_property clear_p[] = {
   { .cmd = DTV_CLEAR },
 };
@@ -391,7 +420,8 @@ dvb_fe_tune_s2(th_dvb_mux_instance_t *tdmi, dvb_mux_conf_t *dmc)
 
   /* do tuning now */
   r = ioctl(tda->tda_fe_fd, FE_SET_PROPERTY, &_dvbs_cmdseq);
-
+  if(1)
+    check_frontend (tda->tda_fe_fd, 0, 1);
   return r;
 
 }