diff --git a/includes/services/icmp/check.inc b/includes/services/icmp/check.inc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f7e8bd823
--- /dev/null
+++ b/includes/services/icmp/check.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?php
+$check = shell_exec($config['nagios_plugins'] . "/check_icmp ".($service['service_ip'] ? $service['service_ip'] : $service['hostname']));
+
+list($check, $time) = split("\|", $check);
+
+if(strstr($check, "OK - ")) {
+  $status = '1';
+} else {
+  $status = '0';
+}
+
+?>