diff --git a/THANKS.in b/THANKS.in
index 73b3b3a7..b1327440 100644
--- a/THANKS.in
+++ b/THANKS.in
@@ -405,3 +405,4 @@ Robert Bohne
 Wolfgang Nieder
 andrew bezella
 Lorenz Gruenwald
+John Morrissey
diff --git a/plugins-scripts/check_mailq.pl b/plugins-scripts/check_mailq.pl
index 27073d3c..f02c90fb 100755
--- a/plugins-scripts/check_mailq.pl
+++ b/plugins-scripts/check_mailq.pl
@@ -149,7 +149,26 @@ if ($mailq eq "sendmail") {
 ##/var/spool/mqueue/qF/df is empty
 ##                Total Requests: 1
 
-	
+# separate submission/transport queues, empty
+## MSP Queue status...
+## /var/spool/mqueue-client is empty
+##                 Total requests: 0
+## MTA Queue status...
+## /var/spool/mqueue is empty
+##                 Total requests: 0
+# separate submission/transport queues: 1
+## MSP Queue status...
+##                 /var/spool/mqueue-client (1 request)
+## -----Q-ID----- --Size-- -----Q-Time----- ------------Sender/Recipient-----------
+## oAJEfhdW014123        5 Fri Nov 19 14:41 jwm
+##                  (Deferred: Connection refused by [127.0.0.1])
+##                                          root
+##                 Total requests: 1
+## MTA Queue status...
+## /var/spool/mqueue is empty
+##                 Total requests: 0
+
+	my $this_msg_q = 0;
 	while (<MAILQ>) {
 	
 		# match email addr on queue listing
@@ -189,13 +208,18 @@ if ($mailq eq "sendmail") {
 	    	#
 		    # single queue: first line
 		    # multi queue: one for each queue. overwrite on multi queue below
-	  	  $msg_q = $1 ;
+		  $this_msg_q = $1 ;
+	  	  $msg_q += $1 ;
 			}
 		} elsif (/^\s+Total\sRequests:\s(\d+)$/i) {
-			print "$utils::PATH_TO_MAILQ = $_ \n" if $verbose ;
-			#
-			# multi queue: last line
-			$msg_q = $1 ;
+			if ($this_msg_q) {
+				$this_msg_q = 0 ;
+			} else {
+				print "$utils::PATH_TO_MAILQ = $_ \n" if $verbose ;
+				#
+				# multi queue: last line
+				$msg_q += $1 ;
+			}
 		}
 	
 	}