diff --git a/plugins/inputs/ping/ping.go b/plugins/inputs/ping/ping.go
index b415c6d4d..3368a25e0 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/ping/ping.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/ping/ping.go
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ func hostPinger(args ...string) (string, error) {
 // args returns the arguments for the 'ping' executable
 func (p *Ping) args(url string) []string {
 	// Build the ping command args based on toml config
-	args := []string{"-c", strconv.Itoa(p.Count)}
+	args := []string{"-c", strconv.Itoa(p.Count), "-n", "-s", "16"}
 	if p.PingInterval > 0 {
 		args = append(args, "-i", strconv.FormatFloat(p.PingInterval, 'f', 1, 64))
 	}
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/ping/ping_test.go b/plugins/inputs/ping/ping_test.go
index 64da15b51..6663207a0 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/ping/ping_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/ping/ping_test.go
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func TestArgs(t *testing.T) {
 	// Actual and Expected arg lists must be sorted for reflect.DeepEqual
 
 	actual := p.args("www.google.com")
-	expected := []string{"-c", "2", "www.google.com"}
+	expected := []string{"-c", "2", "-n", "-s", "16", "www.google.com"}
 	sort.Strings(actual)
 	sort.Strings(expected)
 	assert.True(t, reflect.DeepEqual(expected, actual),
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ func TestArgs(t *testing.T) {
 
 	p.Interface = "eth0"
 	actual = p.args("www.google.com")
-	expected = []string{"-c", "2", "-I", "eth0", "www.google.com"}
+	expected = []string{"-c", "2", "-n", "-s", "16", "-I", "eth0", "www.google.com"}
 	sort.Strings(actual)
 	sort.Strings(expected)
 	assert.True(t, reflect.DeepEqual(expected, actual),
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func TestArgs(t *testing.T) {
 
 	p.Timeout = 12.0
 	actual = p.args("www.google.com")
-	expected = []string{"-c", "2", "-I", "eth0", "-t", "12.0", "www.google.com"}
+	expected = []string{"-c", "2", "-n", "-s", "16", "-I", "eth0", "-t", "12.0", "www.google.com"}
 	sort.Strings(actual)
 	sort.Strings(expected)
 	assert.True(t, reflect.DeepEqual(expected, actual),
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ func TestArgs(t *testing.T) {
 
 	p.PingInterval = 1.2
 	actual = p.args("www.google.com")
-	expected = []string{"-c", "2", "-I", "eth0", "-t", "12.0", "-i", "1.2",
+	expected = []string{"-c", "2", "-n", "-s", "16", "-I", "eth0", "-t", "12.0", "-i", "1.2",
 		"www.google.com"}
 	sort.Strings(actual)
 	sort.Strings(expected)
diff --git a/scripts/circle-test.sh b/scripts/circle-test.sh
index bbad51506..d4f150c83 100755
--- a/scripts/circle-test.sh
+++ b/scripts/circle-test.sh
@@ -68,4 +68,6 @@ tmpdir=$(mktemp -d)
 exit_if_fail ./telegraf -config $tmpdir/config.toml \
     -test -input-filter cpu:mem
 
+mv ./telegraf $CIRCLE_ARTIFACTS
+
 exit $rc