diff --git a/os_brick/initiator/connectors/storpool.py b/os_brick/initiator/connectors/storpool.py
index ea0c51b4f..fa57267c1 100644
--- a/os_brick/initiator/connectors/storpool.py
+++ b/os_brick/initiator/connectors/storpool.py
@@ -59,14 +59,19 @@ class StorPoolConnector(base.BaseLinuxConnector):
             raise exception.BrickException(
                 'Could not import the StorPool API bindings')
 
-        if spopenstack is not None:
-            try:
-                self._attach = spopenstack.AttachDB(log=LOG)
-            except Exception as e:
-                raise exception.BrickException(
-                    'Could not initialize the StorPool API bindings: %s' % (e))
-        else:
-            self._attach = None
+        if spopenstack is None:
+            raise exception.BrickException(
+                'Could not import the required module "storpool.spopenstack"')
+
+        try:
+            self._attach = spopenstack.AttachDB(log=LOG)
+        except Exception as e:
+            raise exception.BrickException(
+                'Could not initialize the StorPool API bindings: %s' % (e))
+
+        if "SP_OURID" not in self._attach.config():
+            raise exception.BrickException(
+                'Could not read "SP_OURID" from the StorPool configuration"')
 
     def _detach_retry(self, sp_ourid, volume):
         """Retry detaching.
diff --git a/os_brick/tests/initiator/connectors/test_storpool.py b/os_brick/tests/initiator/connectors/test_storpool.py
index 48197682f..a127d5320 100644
--- a/os_brick/tests/initiator/connectors/test_storpool.py
+++ b/os_brick/tests/initiator/connectors/test_storpool.py
@@ -110,6 +110,16 @@ class StorPoolConnectorTestCase(test_connector.ConnectorTestCase):
             None, execute=self.execute)
         self.adb = self.connector._attach
 
+    def test_raise_if_spopenstack_missing(self):
+        with mock.patch.object(connector, 'spopenstack', None):
+            self.assertRaises(exception.BrickException,
+                              connector.StorPoolConnector, "")
+
+    def test_raise_if_sp_ourid_missing(self):
+        with mock.patch.object(spopenstack.AttachDB, 'config', lambda x: {}):
+            self.assertRaises(exception.BrickException,
+                              connector.StorPoolConnector, "")
+
     def test_connect_volume(self):
         volume_name = volumeNameExt(self.fakeProp['volume'])
         api = mock.MagicMock(spec=['volumesReassignWait', 'volumeInfo'])