diff --git a/playbooks/files/rax-maas/plugins/rally_performance.py b/playbooks/files/rax-maas/plugins/rally_performance.py
index ba2189519..003e75ea7 100644
--- a/playbooks/files/rax-maas/plugins/rally_performance.py
+++ b/playbooks/files/rax-maas/plugins/rally_performance.py
@@ -435,7 +435,12 @@ def main():
     metric('maas_check_duration', 'double', "{:.2f}".format((end - start) * 1))
 
     if args.influxdb:
-        send_metrics_to_influxdb(plugin_config, logger)
+        try:
+            send_metrics_to_influxdb(plugin_config, logger)
+        except:
+            metric('influxdb_success', 'uint32', 0)
+        else:
+            metric('influxdb_success', 'uint32', 1)
 
     return
 
diff --git a/playbooks/templates/rax-maas/rally_check.yaml.j2 b/playbooks/templates/rax-maas/rally_check.yaml.j2
index e35772965..222b3e6b3 100644
--- a/playbooks/templates/rax-maas/rally_check.yaml.j2
+++ b/playbooks/templates/rax-maas/rally_check.yaml.j2
@@ -68,3 +68,14 @@ alarms      :
             if (metric["resource_cleanup"] > 0) {
                 return new AlarmStatus(CRITICAL, "{{ name }} performance test has required stale resource cleanup for {{ resource_cleanup_threshold }} or more intervals.");
             }
+{% if influxdb %}
+    rally_{{ name }}_influxdb :
+        label                   : rally_{{ name }}_influxdb--{{ inventory_hostname }}
+        notification_plan_id    : "{{ maas_notification_plan_override[label] | default(maas_notification_plan) }}"
+        disabled                : {{ (("rally_{{ name }}_influxdb--{{ inventory_hostname }}") | match(maas_excluded_alarms_regex)) | ternary('true', 'false') }}
+        criteria                : |
+            :set consecutiveCount={{ alarm_consecutive_count }}
+            if (metric["influxdb_success"] != 1) {
+                return new AlarmStatus(CRITICAL, "{{ name }} performance test was unable to write to the configured influxdb endpoint for {{ alarm_consecutive_count }} or more intervals.");
+            }
+{% endif %}
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/influxdb-error-check-3b4b7734f2f876d7.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/influxdb-error-check-3b4b7734f2f876d7.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7e196ab52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/influxdb-error-check-3b4b7734f2f876d7.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+features:
+  - If maas_rally is configured to write to an influxdb endpoint, a new metric
+    (influxdb_success) and alarm will be created to generate alerts if writing
+    to influxdb fails.  A failure to write to influxdb is no longer fatal,
+    which allows performance metrics to still be reported via the MaaS API even
+    if the influxdb endpoint is unavailable.