diff --git a/plugins/lxd/lxd_disk b/plugins/lxd/lxd_disk
index b0e2671c..9e7c04f5 100755
--- a/plugins/lxd/lxd_disk
+++ b/plugins/lxd/lxd_disk
@@ -1,25 +1,47 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
 
 import sys
-from pylxd import api
 
-c=api.API()
+errors=[]
 
-if len(sys.argv) == 2:
-    if sys.argv[1]=="autoconf":
+HAS_LIB=True
+try:
+    from pylxd import api
+except:
+    HAS_LIB=False
+    errors.append("no pylxd module")
+    
+c=None
+HAS_ACCESS=True
+try:
+    c=api.API()
+    c.container_list()
+except:
+    HAS_ACCESS=False
+    errors.append("no socket access")
+
+if len(sys.argv) == 2 and sys.argv[1]=="autoconf":
+    if HAS_LIB and HAS_ACCESS:
         print("yes")
-        sys.exit(0)
-    elif sys.argv[1]=="config":
-        print("graph_title LXD container disk usage")
-        print("graph_args --base 1000 --lower-limit 0")
-        print("graph_vlabel Bytes")
-        print("graph_category lxd")
-        print("graph_info This shows the disk usage of storage in containers. Make sure to install pylxd in python3.")
-        for name in c.container_list():
-            for disk in c.container_info(name)['disk']:
-                print(name+"-"+disk+".label "+name)
-                print(name+"-"+disk+".draw LINE2")
-        sys.exit(0)
+    else:
+        print("no ("+" and ".join(errors)+")")
+    sys.exit(0)
+
+if not (HAS_LIB and HAS_ACCESS):
+    # pylxd not installed or lxd socket not accessible
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+if len(sys.argv) == 2 and sys.argv[1]=="config":
+    print("graph_title LXD container disk usage")
+    print("graph_args --base 1000 --lower-limit 0")
+    print("graph_vlabel Bytes")
+    print("graph_category lxd")
+    print("graph_info This shows the disk usage of storage in containers. Make sure to install pylxd in python3.")
+    for name in c.container_list():
+        for disk in c.container_info(name)['disk']:
+            print(name+"-"+disk+".label "+name)
+            print(name+"-"+disk+".draw LINE2")
+    sys.exit(0)
 
 for name in c.container_list():
     for disk in c.container_info(name)['disk']:
diff --git a/plugins/lxd/lxd_mem b/plugins/lxd/lxd_mem
index 9895133f..6c797836 100755
--- a/plugins/lxd/lxd_mem
+++ b/plugins/lxd/lxd_mem
@@ -1,24 +1,46 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
 
 import sys
-from pylxd import api
 
-c=api.API()
+errors=[]
 
-if len(sys.argv) == 2:
-    if sys.argv[1]=="autoconf":
+HAS_LIB=True
+try:
+    from pylxd import api
+except:
+    HAS_LIB=False
+    errors.append("no pylxd module")
+    
+c=None
+HAS_ACCESS=True
+try:
+    c=api.API()
+    c.container_list()
+except:
+    HAS_ACCESS=False
+    errors.append("no socket access")
+
+if len(sys.argv) == 2 and sys.argv[1]=="autoconf":
+    if HAS_LIB and HAS_ACCESS:
         print("yes")
-        sys.exit(0)
-    elif sys.argv[1]=="config":
-        print("graph_title LXD container memory")
-        print("graph_args --base 1024 --lower-limit 0")
-        print("graph_vlabel Bytes")
-        print("graph_category lxd")
-        print("graph_info This shows the memory usage of each container. Make sure to install pylxd in python3.")
-        for name in c.container_list():
-            print(name+".label "+name)
-            print(name+".draw AREASTACK")
-        sys.exit(0)
+    else:
+        print("no ("+" and ".join(errors)+")")
+    sys.exit(0)
+
+if not (HAS_LIB and HAS_ACCESS):
+    # pylxd not installed or lxd socket not accessible
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+if len(sys.argv) == 2 and sys.argv[1]=="config":
+    print("graph_title LXD container memory")
+    print("graph_args --base 1024 --lower-limit 0")
+    print("graph_vlabel Bytes")
+    print("graph_category lxd")
+    print("graph_info This shows the memory usage of each container. Make sure to install pylxd in python3.")
+    for name in c.container_list():
+        print(name+".label "+name)
+        print(name+".draw AREASTACK")
+    sys.exit(0)
 
 for name in c.container_list():
     print(name+".value "+str(c.container_info(name)['memory']['usage']))