diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 0bdbd9fd5..09b47e29b 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ Evgeni Golov <evgeni@golov.de>
 Ferdi Gueran <ferdi.gueran@nextevolution.de>
 Gaël Beaudoin <gaboo@gaboo.org>
 Georg Faerber <georg@riseup.net>
+Georg Haas <hax404foogit@hax404.de>
 Gerd von Egidy <gerd@egidy.de>
 Gunnar Beutner <gunnar.beutner@icinga.com>
 Hannes Van de Vel <h@nnes.be>
diff --git a/doc/10-icinga-template-library.md b/doc/10-icinga-template-library.md
index 1f69dc19f..eb192f6b9 100644
--- a/doc/10-icinga-template-library.md
+++ b/doc/10-icinga-template-library.md
@@ -628,6 +628,7 @@ icmp_target_interval | **Optional.** The maximum target interval.
 icmp_hosts_alive | **Optional.** The number of hosts which have to be alive for the check to succeed.
 icmp_data_bytes | **Optional.** Payload size for each ICMP request. Defaults to 8.
 icmp_timeout    | **Optional.** The plugin timeout in seconds. Defaults to 10 (seconds).
+icmp_ttl        | **Optional.** The TTL on outgoing packets.
 
 
 ### <a id="plugin-check-command-imap"></a> imap
diff --git a/itl/command-plugins.conf b/itl/command-plugins.conf
index 055839913..630d0c548 100644
--- a/itl/command-plugins.conf
+++ b/itl/command-plugins.conf
@@ -1778,6 +1778,7 @@ object CheckCommand "icmp" {
 		"-m" = "$icmp_hosts_alive$"
 		"-b" = "$icmp_data_bytes$"
 		"-t" = "$icmp_timeout$"
+		"-l" = "$icmp_ttl$"
 	}
 
 	vars.icmp_address = "$address$"