diff --git a/plugins/inputs/ping/README.md b/plugins/inputs/ping/README.md
index 5e4c637f5..eadc60ab7 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/ping/README.md
+++ b/plugins/inputs/ping/README.md
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ urls = ["www.google.com"] # required
 # ping_interval = 1.0
 ## per-ping timeout, in s. 0 == no timeout (ping -W <TIMEOUT>)
 # timeout = 1.0
+## total-ping deadline, in s. 0 == no deadline (ping -w <DEADLINE>)
+# deadline = 10
 ## interface or source address to send ping from (ping -I <INTERFACE/SRC_ADDR>)
 ## on Darwin and Freebsd only source address possible: (ping -S <SRC_ADDR>)
 # interface = ""
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/ping/ping.go b/plugins/inputs/ping/ping.go
index 2fb48a20b..0609a367e 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/ping/ping.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/ping/ping.go
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ type Ping struct {
 	// Ping timeout, in seconds. 0 means no timeout (ping -W <TIMEOUT>)
 	Timeout float64
 
+	// Ping deadline, in seconds. 0 means no deadline. (ping -w <DEADLINE>)
+	Deadline int
+
 	// Interface or source address to send ping from (ping -I/-S <INTERFACE/SRC_ADDR>)
 	Interface string
 
@@ -60,6 +63,8 @@ const sampleConfig = `
   # ping_interval = 1.0
   ## per-ping timeout, in s. 0 == no timeout (ping -W <TIMEOUT>)
   # timeout = 1.0
+  ## total-ping deadline, in s. 0 == no deadline (ping -w <DEADLINE>)
+  # deadline = 10
   ## interface or source address to send ping from (ping -I <INTERFACE/SRC_ADDR>)
   ## on Darwin and Freebsd only source address possible: (ping -S <SRC_ADDR>)
   # interface = ""
@@ -179,6 +184,17 @@ func (p *Ping) args(url string) []string {
 			args = append(args, "-W", strconv.FormatFloat(p.Timeout, 'f', 1, 64))
 		}
 	}
+	if p.Deadline > 0 {
+		switch runtime.GOOS {
+		case "darwin":
+			args = append(args, "-t", strconv.Itoa(p.Deadline))
+		case "linux":
+			args = append(args, "-w", strconv.Itoa(p.Deadline))
+		default:
+			// Not sure the best option here, just assume GNU ping?
+			args = append(args, "-w", strconv.Itoa(p.Deadline))
+		}
+	}
 	if p.Interface != "" {
 		switch runtime.GOOS {
 		case "linux":
@@ -255,6 +271,7 @@ func init() {
 			PingInterval: 1.0,
 			Count:        1,
 			Timeout:      1.0,
+			Deadline:     10,
 		}
 	})
 }
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/ping/ping_test.go b/plugins/inputs/ping/ping_test.go
index eafe89428..ca50092a9 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/ping/ping_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/ping/ping_test.go
@@ -104,14 +104,22 @@ func TestArgs(t *testing.T) {
 	case "darwin":
 		expected = []string{"-c", "2", "-n", "-s", "16", "-I", "eth0", "-W",
 			"12000.0", "www.google.com"}
-	case "freebsd":
-		expected = []string{"-c", "2", "-n", "-s", "16", "-I", "eth0", "-t",
-			"12.0", "www.google.com"}
 	default:
 		expected = []string{"-c", "2", "-n", "-s", "16", "-I", "eth0", "-W",
 			"12.0", "www.google.com"}
 	}
 
+	p.Deadline = 24
+	actual = p.args("www.google.com")
+	switch runtime.GOOS {
+	case "darwin":
+		expected = []string{"-c", "2", "-n", "-s", "16", "-I", "eth0", "-W",
+			"12000.0", "-t", "24", "www.google.com"}
+	default:
+		expected = []string{"-c", "2", "-n", "-s", "16", "-I", "eth0", "-W",
+			"12.0", "-w", "24", "www.google.com"}
+	}
+
 	sort.Strings(actual)
 	sort.Strings(expected)
 	assert.True(t, reflect.DeepEqual(expected, actual),
@@ -122,13 +130,10 @@ func TestArgs(t *testing.T) {
 	switch runtime.GOOS {
 	case "darwin":
 		expected = []string{"-c", "2", "-n", "-s", "16", "-I", "eth0", "-W",
-			"12000.0", "-i", "1.2", "www.google.com"}
-	case "freebsd":
-		expected = []string{"-c", "2", "-n", "-s", "16", "-I", "eth0", "-t",
-			"12.0", "-i", "1.2", "www.google.com"}
+			"12000.0", "-t", "24", "-i", "1.2", "www.google.com"}
 	default:
 		expected = []string{"-c", "2", "-n", "-s", "16", "-I", "eth0", "-W",
-			"12.0", "-i", "1.2", "www.google.com"}
+			"12.0", "-w", "24", "-i", "1.2", "www.google.com"}
 	}
 	sort.Strings(actual)
 	sort.Strings(expected)