diff -Nrup busybox-1.00-pre8.orig/include/usage.h busybox-1.00-pre8/include/usage.h
--- busybox-1.00-pre8.orig/include/usage.h	2004-02-22 07:25:47.000000000 -0500
+++ busybox-1.00-pre8/include/usage.h	2004-06-07 16:36:32.000000000 -0400
@@ -1887,6 +1887,7 @@
 	"Options:\n" \
 	"\t-c COUNT\tSend only COUNT pings.\n" \
 	"\t-s SIZE\t\tSend SIZE data bytes in packets (default=56).\n" \
+	"\t-w DEADLINE\tSpecify a timeout, in seconds, before ping exits.\n" \
 	"\t-q\t\tQuiet mode, only displays output at start\n" \
 	"\t\t\tand when finished."
 #endif
diff -Nrup busybox-1.00-pre8.orig/networking/ping.c busybox-1.00-pre8/networking/ping.c
--- busybox-1.00-pre8.orig/networking/ping.c	2003-07-22 04:56:51.000000000 -0400
+++ busybox-1.00-pre8/networking/ping.c	2004-06-07 16:33:04.000000000 -0400
@@ -420,6 +420,12 @@ extern int ping_main(int argc, char **ar
 			argv++;
 			datalen = atoi(*argv);
 			break;
+		case 'w':
+			if (--argc <= 0)
+				bb_show_usage();
+			argv++;
+			MAXWAIT = atoi(*argv);
+			break;
 		default:
 			bb_show_usage();
 		}