diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
index 93615ea..e9d092b 100644
--- a/INSTALL.md
+++ b/INSTALL.md
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ To enable plugins set up the `@dracula-plugins` option in you `.tmux.conf` file,
 The order that you define the plugins will be the order on the status bar left to right.
 
 ```bash
-# available plugins: battery, cpu-usage, git, gpu-usage, ram-usage, network, network-bandwidth, weather, time
+# available plugins: battery, cpu-usage, git, gpu-usage, ram-usage, network, network-bandwidth, network-ping, weather, time
 set -g @dracula-plugins "cpu-usage gpu-usage ram-usage"
 ```
 
@@ -144,6 +144,15 @@ Customize label
 set -g @dracula-ram-usage-label "RAM"
 ```
 
+#### network-ping options
+
+You can configure which server (hostname, IP) you want to ping and at which rate (in seconds). Default is google.com at every 5 seconds.
+
+```bash
+set -g @dracula-ping-server "google.com"
+set -g @dracula-ping-rate 5
+```
+
 #### time options
 
 Disable timezone
diff --git a/scripts/dracula.sh b/scripts/dracula.sh
index 5637bf6..2b5e1f4 100755
--- a/scripts/dracula.sh
+++ b/scripts/dracula.sh
@@ -163,6 +163,11 @@ main()
       script="#($current_dir/network_bandwidth.sh)"
     fi
 
+    if [ $plugin = "network-ping" ]; then
+      IFS=' ' read -r -a colors <<<$(get_tmux_option "@dracula-network-ping-colors" "cyan dark_gray")
+      script="#($current_dir/network_ping.sh)"
+    fi
+
     if [ $plugin = "weather" ]; then
       # wait unit $datafile exists just to avoid errors
       # this should almost never need to wait unless something unexpected occurs
diff --git a/scripts/network_ping.sh b/scripts/network_ping.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..442f6be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/network_ping.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# setting the locale, some users have issues with different locales, this forces the correct one
+export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
+
+# configuration
+# @dracula-ping-server "example.com"
+# @dracula-ping-rate 5
+
+current_dir="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+source $current_dir/utils.sh
+
+ping_function() {
+  case $(uname -s) in
+  Linux | Darwin)
+    # storing the hostname/IP in the variable PINGSERVER, default is google.com
+    pingserver=$(get_tmux_option "@dracula-ping-server" "google.com")
+    pingtime=$(ping -c 1 "$pingserver" | tail -1 | awk '{print $4}' | cut -d '/' -f 2)
+    echo "$pingtime ms"
+    ;;
+
+  CYGWIN* | MINGW32* | MSYS* | MINGW*)
+    # TODO - windows compatability
+    ;;
+  esac
+}
+
+main() {
+
+  echo $(ping_function)
+  RATE=$(get_tmux_option "@dracula-ping-rate" 5)
+  sleep $RATE
+}
+
+# run main driver
+main