diff --git a/homeassistant/components/camera/zoneminder.py b/homeassistant/components/camera/zoneminder.py
index 55d8d91d3ee66..e2be79123874e 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/camera/zoneminder.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/camera/zoneminder.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ def __init__(self, monitor):
         }
         super().__init__(device_info)
         self._is_recording = None
+        self._is_available = None
         self._monitor = monitor
 
     @property
@@ -55,8 +56,14 @@ def update(self):
         """Update our recording state from the ZM API."""
         _LOGGER.debug("Updating camera state for monitor %i", self._monitor.id)
         self._is_recording = self._monitor.is_recording
+        self._is_available = self._monitor.is_available
 
     @property
     def is_recording(self):
         """Return whether the monitor is in alarm mode."""
         return self._is_recording
+
+    @property
+    def available(self):
+        """Return True if entity is available."""
+        return self._is_available
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/sensor/zoneminder.py b/homeassistant/components/sensor/zoneminder.py
index 8e4b57f1f38de..16513dc58de04 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/sensor/zoneminder.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/sensor/zoneminder.py
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ class ZMSensorMonitors(Entity):
     def __init__(self, monitor):
         """Initialize monitor sensor."""
         self._monitor = monitor
-        self._state = monitor.function.value
+        self._state = None
+        self._is_available = None
 
     @property
     def name(self):
@@ -76,6 +77,11 @@ def state(self):
         """Return the state of the sensor."""
         return self._state
 
+    @property
+    def available(self):
+        """Return True if Monitor is available."""
+        return self._is_available
+
     def update(self):
         """Update the sensor."""
         state = self._monitor.function
@@ -83,6 +89,7 @@ def update(self):
             self._state = None
         else:
             self._state = state.value
+        self._is_available = self._monitor.is_available
 
 
 class ZMSensorEvents(Entity):
@@ -123,6 +130,7 @@ class ZMSensorRunState(Entity):
     def __init__(self, client):
         """Initialize run state sensor."""
         self._state = None
+        self._is_available = None
         self._client = client
 
     @property
@@ -135,6 +143,12 @@ def state(self):
         """Return the state of the sensor."""
         return self._state
 
+    @property
+    def available(self):
+        """Return True if ZoneMinder is available."""
+        return self._is_available
+
     def update(self):
         """Update the sensor."""
         self._state = self._client.get_active_state()
+        self._is_available = self._client.is_available
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/zoneminder/__init__.py b/homeassistant/components/zoneminder/__init__.py
index e5d0c7a5a92e1..262ce35d3cb44 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/zoneminder/__init__.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/zoneminder/__init__.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 _LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-REQUIREMENTS = ['zm-py==0.1.0']
+REQUIREMENTS = ['zm-py==0.2.0']
 
 CONF_PATH_ZMS = 'path_zms'
 
diff --git a/requirements_all.txt b/requirements_all.txt
index 89d011f0927b3..4ffa4aa7ac1b9 100644
--- a/requirements_all.txt
+++ b/requirements_all.txt
@@ -1679,4 +1679,4 @@ zigpy-xbee==0.1.1
 zigpy==0.2.0
 
 # homeassistant.components.zoneminder
-zm-py==0.1.0
+zm-py==0.2.0