diff --git a/plugins/inputs/ping/ping.go b/plugins/inputs/ping/ping.go
index 1d49cccc4..69db140ae 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/ping/ping.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/ping/ping.go
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ func hostPinger(binary string, timeout float64, args ...string) (string, error)
 // args returns the arguments for the 'ping' executable
 func (p *Ping) args(url string, system string) []string {
 	if len(p.Arguments) > 0 {
-		return p.Arguments
+		return append(p.Arguments, url)
 	}
 
 	// build the ping command args based on toml config
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/ping/ping_test.go b/plugins/inputs/ping/ping_test.go
index 867220b20..ad6fa306a 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/ping/ping_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/ping/ping_test.go
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ func TestArgs(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestArguments(t *testing.T) {
 	arguments := []string{"-c", "3"}
+	expected := append(arguments, "www.google.com")
 	p := Ping{
 		Count:        2,
 		Interface:    "eth0",
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ func TestArguments(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, system := range []string{"darwin", "linux", "anything else"} {
 		actual := p.args("www.google.com", system)
-		require.True(t, reflect.DeepEqual(actual, arguments), "Expected: %s Actual: %s", arguments, actual)
+		require.True(t, reflect.DeepEqual(actual, expected), "Expected: %s Actual: %s", expected, actual)
 	}
 }