diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f69a397..c02b8f0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ http://grafanaIP/dashboard/script/getdash.js?host=hostname&metric=load&time=7d
 * [elasticsearch](https://github.com/phobos182/collectd-elasticsearch)
 * [nginx](https://collectd.org/wiki/index.php/Plugin:nginx)
 * [connstate](https://github.com/anryko/connstate-collectd-plugin)
+* [ping](https://collectd.org/wiki/index.php/Plugin:Ping)
 
 #### Supported metric groups
 * system
diff --git a/getdash.conf.js b/getdash.conf.js
index 6895a24..7c5ce13 100644
--- a/getdash.conf.js
+++ b/getdash.conf.js
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ define(function getDashConf () {
     'entropy',
     'users',
     'uptime',
-    'connstate'
+    'connstate',
+    'ping'
   ];
   plugins.groups.middleware = [
     'redis',
@@ -221,6 +222,21 @@ define(function getDashConf () {
   };
 
 
+  // collectd ping plugin configuration
+  plugins.ping = new Plugin();
+
+  plugins.ping.ping = {
+    'graph': {
+      'ping_value': { }
+    },
+    'panel': {
+      'title': 'Ping',
+      "linewidth": 2,
+      'y_formats': [ 'ms' ]
+    }
+  };
+
+
   // collectd connstate plugin configuration: https://github.com/anryko/connstate-collectd-plugin
   plugins.connstate = new Plugin({ 'alias': 'connstate' });
   plugins.connstate.config.merge = [ 'instance' ];