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diff --git a/plugins/check_by_ssh.c b/plugins/check_by_ssh.c
index 560ae0c..0bce902 100644
--- a/plugins/check_by_ssh.c
+++ b/plugins/check_by_ssh.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ void print_usage (void);
 
 int commands = 0;
 int services = 0;
+int skip_lines = 0;
 char *remotecmd = NULL;
 char *comm = NULL;
 char *hostname = NULL;
@@ -101,15 +102,20 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
         while (fgets (input_buffer, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1, child_process))
                 asprintf (&result_text, "%s%s", result_text, input_buffer);
 
-
         /* WARNING if output found on stderr */
-        if (fgets (input_buffer, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1, child_stderr)) {
-                printf ("%s\n", input_buffer);
-                while (fgets (input_buffer, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1, child_process))
-                        printf ("%s\n", input_buffer);
-                return STATE_WARNING;
+        while (fgets (input_buffer, MAX_INPUT_BUFFER - 1, child_stderr)) {
+                if (skip_lines > 0) {
+                        if (input_buffer[strlen(input_buffer)-1] == '\n') {
+                                skip_lines--;
+                        }
+                } else {
+                        printf ("%s", input_buffer);
+                        result = STATE_WARNING;
+                }
         }
         (void) fclose (child_stderr);
+        if (result == STATE_WARNING)
+                return result;
 
 
         /* close the pipe */
@@ -189,6 +195,7 @@ process_arguments (int argc, char **argv)
                 {"user", required_argument, 0, 'u'},
                 {"logname", required_argument, 0, 'l'},
                 {"command", required_argument, 0, 'C'},
+                {"skip", required_argument, 0, 'S'},
                 {"proto1", no_argument, 0, '1'},
                 {"proto2", no_argument, 0, '2'},
                 {"use-ipv4", no_argument, 0, '4'},
@@ -204,7 +211,7 @@ process_arguments (int argc, char **argv)
                         strcpy (argv[c], "-t");
 
         while (1) {
-                c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "Vvh1246ft:H:O:p:i:u:l:C:n:s:", longopts,
+                c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "Vvh1246ft:H:O:p:i:u:l:C:S:n:s:", longopts,
                                                                          &option);
 
                 if (c == -1 || c == EOF)
@@ -275,6 +282,13 @@ process_arguments (int argc, char **argv)
                         if (commands > 1)
                                 asprintf (&remotecmd, "%s;echo STATUS CODE: $?;", remotecmd);
                         asprintf (&remotecmd, "%s%s", remotecmd, optarg);
+                        break;
+                case 'S':                                                                       /* Skip n lines in the output to ignore system banner */
+                        if (!is_integer (optarg))
+                                usage2 (_("skip lines must be an integer"), optarg);
+                        else
+                                skip_lines = atoi (optarg);
+                        break;
                 }
         }
 
@@ -353,6 +367,8 @@ print_help (void)
     tell ssh to use Protocol 1\n\
  -2, --proto2\n\
     tell ssh to use Protocol 2\n\
+ -S, --skiplines=n\n\
+    Ignore first n lines on STDERR (to suppress a logon banner)\n\
  -f\n\
     tells ssh to fork rather than create a tty\n"));