diff --git a/tests/scripts/iscloudconnected.sh b/tests/scripts/iscloudconnected.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..b422dc9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/scripts/iscloudconnected.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ -z $1 ]; then
+  echo "usage $0 host"
+else
+  (echo '{"id":1, "method":"JSONRPC.IsCloudConnected"}'; sleep 1) | nc $1 2222
+fi