diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/ping.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/ping.py
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+import subprocess
+import unittest
+import sys
+import time
+from oeqa.oetest import oeRuntimeTest
+from oeqa.utils.decorators import *
+
+class PingTest(oeRuntimeTest):
+
+    @testcase(964)
+    def test_ping(self):
+        output = ''
+        count = 0
+        endtime = time.time() + 60
+        while count < 5 and time.time() < endtime:
+            proc = subprocess.Popen("ping -c 1 %s" % self.target.ip, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+            output += proc.communicate()[0]
+            if proc.poll() == 0:
+                count += 1
+            else:
+                count = 0
+        self.assertEqual(count, 5, msg = "Expected 5 consecutive replies, got %d.\nping output is:\n%s" % (count,output))