diff --git a/luci-app-openmptcprouter/root/usr/libexec/rpcd/openmptcprouter b/luci-app-openmptcprouter/root/usr/libexec/rpcd/openmptcprouter
index b80a81a7d..bc36f9649 100755
--- a/luci-app-openmptcprouter/root/usr/libexec/rpcd/openmptcprouter
+++ b/luci-app-openmptcprouter/root/usr/libexec/rpcd/openmptcprouter
@@ -1232,7 +1232,12 @@ function interfaces_status()
 	    if gateway ~= "" or gateway6 ~= "" then
 		    if uci:get("openmptcprouter", "settings", "disablegwping") ~= "1" and connectivity ~= "ERROR" then
 			    if gateway ~= "" then
-				    local gw_ping_test = ut.trim(sys.exec("ping -w 1 -c 1 " .. gateway .. " | grep '100% packet loss'"))
+				    local gw_ping_test = ""
+				    if ifname ~= "" and ifname ~= nil then
+					    gw_ping_test = ut.trim(sys.exec("ping -w 1 -c 1 -I " .. ifname .. " " .. gateway .. " | grep '100% packet loss'"))
+				    else
+					    gw_ping_test = ut.trim(sys.exec("ping -w 1 -c 1 " .. gateway .. " | grep '100% packet loss'"))
+				    end
 				    if gw_ping_test ~= "" then
 					    gw_ping = "DOWN"
 					    if connectivity == "OK" then
@@ -1241,7 +1246,12 @@ function interfaces_status()
 				    end
 			    end
 			    if gateway6 ~= "" then
-				    local gw_ping6_test = ut.trim(sys.exec("ping -w 1 -c 1 " .. gateway6 .. " | grep '100% packet loss'"))
+				    local gw_ping6_test = ""
+				    if ifname ~= "" and ifname ~= nil then
+					    gw_ping6_test = ut.trim(sys.exec("ping -w 1 -c 1 -I " .. ifname .. " " .. gateway6 .. " | grep '100% packet loss'"))
+				    else
+					    gw_ping6_test = ut.trim(sys.exec("ping -w 1 -c 1 " .. gateway6 .. " | grep '100% packet loss'"))
+				    end
 				    if gw_ping6_test ~= "" then
 					    gw_ping6 = "DOWN"
 					    if connectivity == "OK" then