1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/plugins/check_ping.c b/plugins/check_ping.c
index 9ddc2529..211f74ef 100644
--- a/plugins/check_ping.c
+++ b/plugins/check_ping.c
@@ -103,8 +103,13 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
                 usage4 (_("Cannot catch SIGALRM"));
         }
 
-        /* handle timeouts gracefully */
+        /* If ./configure finds ping has timeout values, set plugin alarm slightly
+         * higher so that we can use response from command line ping */
+#ifdef PING_PACKETS_FIRST && PING_HAS_TIMEOUT
         alarm (timeout_interval + 1);
+#else
+        alarm (timeout_interval);
+#endif
 
         for (i = 0 ; i < n_addresses ; i++) {