diff --git a/gns3server/controller/__init__.py b/gns3server/controller/__init__.py
index de30bc15..c397d522 100644
--- a/gns3server/controller/__init__.py
+++ b/gns3server/controller/__init__.py
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ class Controller:
         for file in os.listdir(get_resource('appliances')):
             with open(os.path.join(get_resource('appliances'), file)) as f:
                 appliance = ApplianceTemplate(None, json.load(f))
-            self._appliance_templates[appliance.id] = appliance
+            if appliance.status != 'broken':
+                self._appliance_templates[appliance.id] = appliance
 
     @asyncio.coroutine
     def start(self):
diff --git a/gns3server/controller/appliance_template.py b/gns3server/controller/appliance_template.py
index ab89db63..acf66975 100644
--- a/gns3server/controller/appliance_template.py
+++ b/gns3server/controller/appliance_template.py
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ class ApplianceTemplate:
     def id(self):
         return self._id
 
+    @property
+    def status(self):
+        return self._data["status"]
+
     def __json__(self):
         """
         Appliance data (a hash)
diff --git a/tests/controller/test_controller.py b/tests/controller/test_controller.py
index b21d78e5..f27b712b 100644
--- a/tests/controller/test_controller.py
+++ b/tests/controller/test_controller.py
@@ -451,6 +451,8 @@ def test_get_free_project_name(controller, async_run):
 
 def test_appliance_templates(controller):
     assert len(controller.appliance_templates) > 0
+    for appliance in controller.appliance_templates.values():
+        assert appliance.__json__()["status"] != "broken"
 
 
 def test_load_base_files(controller, config, tmpdir):