diff --git a/net/keepalived/Makefile b/net/keepalived/Makefile
index 9ef1a0349..3ca584a37 100644
--- a/net/keepalived/Makefile
+++ b/net/keepalived/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=keepalived
 PKG_VERSION:=2.2.8
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://www.keepalived.org/software
diff --git a/net/keepalived/files/keepalived.init b/net/keepalived/files/keepalived.init
index b13f10c40..77f1e1778 100644
--- a/net/keepalived/files/keepalived.init
+++ b/net/keepalived/files/keepalived.init
@@ -502,6 +502,10 @@ real_server() {
 		printf '%breal_server %s %d {\n' "${INDENT_1}" "$ipaddr" "$port" >> "$KEEPALIVED_CONF"
 		printf '%bweight %d\n' "${INDENT_2}" "$weight" >> "$KEEPALIVED_CONF"
 		case "$check" in
+			PING_CHECK)
+				printf '%b%s {\n' "${INDENT_2}" "$check" >> "$KEEPALIVED_CONF"
+				printf '%b}\n' "${INDENT_2}" >> "$KEEPALIVED_CONF"
+				;;
 			TCP_CHECK)
 				printf '%b%s {\n' "${INDENT_2}" "$check" >> "$KEEPALIVED_CONF"
 				print_elems_indent "$1" "$INDENT_3" connect_timeout \