2 files changed, 18 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f5be2014..667e1f0e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ This file documents the major additions and syntax changes between releases.
         Add proxy-authorization option to check_http (Marcel Kuiper - #1323230, Bryan Irvine - #2863925)
         check_icmp now increment the sequence counter in each packet
         Fix usage of repeated -o options in check_snmp
+        Try to detect arguments passed via --with-ping[6]-command and set options accordingly (#2908236)
         WARNINGS
         Updated developer documentation to say that performance labels should not have an equals sign or
         single quote in the label
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index f3547349..d02d7f85 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -877,10 +877,17 @@ ac_cv_ping_has_timeout=no
 if test -n "$with_ping_command"
 then
         AC_MSG_RESULT([(command-line) $with_ping_command])
-        if test -n "$ac_cv_ping_packets_first"
+        if echo "$with_ping_command" | grep '%d.*%d.*%s' >/dev/null
         then
                 ac_cv_ping_packets_first=yes
                 ac_cv_ping_has_timeout=yes
+        elif echo "$with_ping_command" | grep '%d.*%s.*%d' >/dev/null || \
+             echo "$with_ping_command" | grep '%s.*%d.*%d' >/dev/null
+        then
+                ac_cv_ping_has_timeout=yes
+        elif echo "$with_ping_command" | grep '%d.*%s' >/dev/null
+        then
+                ac_cv_ping_packets_first=yes
         fi
 
 elif [[ "z$ac_cv_uname_s" = "zUnixWare" ]] && \
@@ -981,7 +988,15 @@ ac_cv_ping6_packets_first=no
 if test -n "$with_ping6_command"
 then
         AC_MSG_RESULT([(command-line) $with_ping6_command])
-        if test -n "$ac_cv_ping6_packets_first"
+        if echo "$with_ping6_command" | grep '%d.*%d.*%s' >/dev/null
+        then
+                ac_cv_ping6_packets_first=yes
+        elif echo "$with_ping6_command" | grep '%d.*%s.*%d' >/dev/null || \
+             echo "$with_ping6_command" | grep '%s.*%d.*%d' >/dev/null
+        then
+                # Just keep same logic as ping (IPv4) if we ever need ac_cv_ping6_has_timeout
+                true
+        elif echo "$with_ping6_command" | grep '%d.*%s' >/dev/null
         then
                 ac_cv_ping6_packets_first=yes
         fi