diff --git a/examples/ping.py b/examples/ping.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a476e1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/ping.py
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+"""
+    SleekXMPP: The Sleek XMPP Library
+    Copyright (C) 2010  Nathanael C. Fritz
+    This file is part of SleekXMPP.
+
+    See the file LICENSE for copying permission.
+"""
+
+import sys
+import logging
+import time
+from optparse import OptionParser
+
+import sleekxmpp
+
+# Python versions before 3.0 do not use UTF-8 encoding
+# by default. To ensure that Unicode is handled properly
+# throughout SleekXMPP, we will set the default encoding
+# ourselves to UTF-8.
+if sys.version_info < (3, 0):
+    reload(sys)
+    sys.setdefaultencoding('utf8')
+
+
+class PingTest(sleekxmpp.ClientXMPP):
+
+    """
+    A simple SleekXMPP bot that will echo messages it
+    receives, along with a short thank you message.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, jid, password, pingjid):
+        sleekxmpp.ClientXMPP.__init__(self, jid, password)
+        if pingjid is None:
+            pingjid = self.jid
+        self.pingjid = pingjid 
+
+        # The session_start event will be triggered when
+        # the bot establishes its connection with the server
+        # and the XML streams are ready for use. We want to
+        # listen for this event so that we we can intialize
+        # our roster.
+        self.add_event_handler("session_start", self.start)
+
+    def start(self, event):
+        """
+        Process the session_start event.
+
+        Typical actions for the session_start event are
+        requesting the roster and broadcasting an intial
+        presence stanza.
+
+        Arguments:
+            event -- An empty dictionary. The session_start
+                     event does not provide any additional
+                     data.
+        """
+        self.sendPresence()
+        result = self.plugin['xep_0199'].sendPing(self.pingjid, timeout=10, errorfalse=True)
+        logging.info("Pinging...")
+        if result is False:
+            logging.info("Couldn't ping.")
+            self.disconnect()
+            sys.exit(1)
+        else:
+            logging.info("Success!")
+            self.disconnect()
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    # Setup the command line arguments.
+    optp = OptionParser()
+
+    # Output verbosity options.
+    optp.add_option('-q', '--quiet', help='set logging to ERROR',
+                    action='store_const', dest='loglevel',
+                    const=logging.ERROR, default=logging.INFO)
+    optp.add_option('-d', '--debug', help='set logging to DEBUG',
+                    action='store_const', dest='loglevel',
+                    const=logging.DEBUG, default=logging.INFO)
+    optp.add_option('-v', '--verbose', help='set logging to COMM',
+                    action='store_const', dest='loglevel',
+                    const=5, default=logging.INFO)
+    optp.add_option('-t', '--pingto', help='set jid to ping',
+                    action='store', type='string', dest='pingjid', default=None)
+
+    # JID and password options.
+    optp.add_option("-j", "--jid", dest="jid",
+                    help="JID to use")
+    optp.add_option("-p", "--password", dest="password",
+                    help="password to use")
+
+    opts, args = optp.parse_args()
+
+    # Setup logging.
+    logging.basicConfig(level=opts.loglevel,
+                        format='%(levelname)-8s %(message)s')
+
+    if None in [opts.jid, opts.password]:
+        optp.print_help()
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    # Setup the PingTest and register plugins. Note that while plugins may
+    # have interdependencies, the order in which you register them does
+    # not matter.
+    xmpp = PingTest(opts.jid, opts.password, opts.pingjid)
+    xmpp.registerPlugin('xep_0030') # Service Discovery
+    xmpp.registerPlugin('xep_0004') # Data Forms
+    xmpp.registerPlugin('xep_0060') # PubSub
+    xmpp.registerPlugin('xep_0199') # XMPP Ping
+
+    # If you are working with an OpenFire server, you may need
+    # to adjust the SSL version used:
+    # xmpp.ssl_version = ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3
+
+    # If you want to verify the SSL certificates offered by a server:
+    # xmpp.ca_certs = "path/to/ca/cert"
+
+    # Connect to the XMPP server and start processing XMPP stanzas.
+    if xmpp.connect():
+        # If you do not have the pydns library installed, you will need
+        # to manually specify the name of the server if it does not match
+        # the one in the JID. For example, to use Google Talk you would
+        # need to use:
+        #
+        # if xmpp.connect(('talk.google.com', 5222)):
+        #     ...
+        xmpp.process(threaded=False)
+        print("Done")
+    else:
+        print("Unable to connect.")
diff --git a/sleekxmpp/plugins/xep_0199.py b/sleekxmpp/plugins/xep_0199.py
index 16e79e2..e7ec5c4 100644
--- a/sleekxmpp/plugins/xep_0199.py
+++ b/sleekxmpp/plugins/xep_0199.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class xep_0199(base.base_plugin):
         iq.attrib['to'] = xml.get('from', self.xmpp.boundjid.domain)
         self.xmpp.send(iq)
 
-    def sendPing(self, jid, timeout = 30):
+    def sendPing(self, jid, timeout = 30, errorfalse=False):
         """ sendPing(jid, timeout)
         Sends a ping to the specified jid, returning the time (in seconds)
         to receive a reply, or None if no reply is received in timeout seconds.
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class xep_0199(base.base_plugin):
         #pingresult = self.xmpp.send(iq, self.xmpp.makeIq(id), timeout)
         pingresult = iq.send()
         endTime = time.clock()
-        if pingresult == False:
+        if pingresult == False or (errorfalse and pingresult['type'] == 'error'):
             #self.xmpp.disconnect(reconnect=True)
             return False
         return endTime - startTime