diff --git a/applications/luci-app-statistics/htdocs/luci-static/resources/view/statistics/plugins/ping.js b/applications/luci-app-statistics/htdocs/luci-static/resources/view/statistics/plugins/ping.js
index 47ce7fff52..e08ff6497b 100644
--- a/applications/luci-app-statistics/htdocs/luci-static/resources/view/statistics/plugins/ping.js
+++ b/applications/luci-app-statistics/htdocs/luci-static/resources/view/statistics/plugins/ping.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ return baseclass.extend({
 
 		o = s.option(form.DynamicList, 'Hosts', _('Monitor hosts'));
 		o.default = '127.0.0.1';
-		o.datatype = 'ipaddr("nomask")';
+		o.datatype = 'host';
 		o.depends('enable', '1');
 
 		o = s.option(form.ListValue, 'AddressFamily', _('Address family'));
@@ -32,6 +32,13 @@ return baseclass.extend({
 		o.default = '30';
 		o.datatype = 'ufloat';
 		o.depends('enable', '1');
+
+	    o=s.option(form.Value,'MaxMissed',_('Maximum Missed Packets'),
+		       _('When a host has not replied to this number of packets in a row, re-resolve the hostname in DNS.  Useful for dynamic DNS hosts.'));
+		o.placeholder = '10';
+		o.datatype = 'uinteger';
+		o.optional = true;
+		o.depends('enable', '1');
 	},
 
 	configSummary: function(section) {
diff --git a/applications/luci-app-statistics/root/usr/share/luci/statistics/plugins/ping.json b/applications/luci-app-statistics/root/usr/share/luci/statistics/plugins/ping.json
index 0943605129..f14e82d1b4 100644
--- a/applications/luci-app-statistics/root/usr/share/luci/statistics/plugins/ping.json
+++ b/applications/luci-app-statistics/root/usr/share/luci/statistics/plugins/ping.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 	"title": "Ping",
 	"category": "network",
 	"legend": [
-		["TTL", "Interval", "AddressFamily"],
+		["TTL", "Interval", "AddressFamily", "MaxMissed"],
 		[],
 		["Hosts"]
 	]