diff --git a/iputils-20071127-timeout.patch b/iputils-20071127-timeout.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a821bd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/iputils-20071127-timeout.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+diff -up iputils-s20071127/arping.c.timeout iputils-s20071127/arping.c
+--- iputils-s20071127/arping.c.timeout	2010-03-04 17:29:38.723487588 +0100
++++ iputils-s20071127/arping.c	2010-03-04 17:36:32.586489670 +0100
+@@ -44,8 +44,7 @@ struct in_addr src, dst;
+ char *target;
+ int dad, unsolicited, advert;
+ int quiet;
+-int count;
+-int forever = 1;
++int count=-1;
+ int timeout;
+ int unicasting;
+ int s;
+@@ -59,10 +58,10 @@ int broadcast_only;
+ struct sockaddr_ll me[2];
+ struct sockaddr_ll he[2];
+ 
+-struct timeval last;
++struct timeval start, last;
+ 
+ int sent, brd_sent;
+-int received, brd_recv, req_recv;
++int received=0, brd_recv, req_recv;
+ 
+ #define SYSFS_MNT_PATH          "/sys"
+ #define SYSFS_CLASS             "class"
+@@ -179,14 +178,14 @@ void catcher(void)
+ 
+ 	gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
+ 
+-	if (!forever && count == 0) {
+-		if (timeout && MS_TDIFF(tv, last) > timeout * 1000 + 500)
+-			finish();
+-		else if (!timeout)
+-			finish();
+-	}
++	if (start.tv_sec==0)
++		start = tv;
+ 
+-	if ((count > 0 || forever) && (last.tv_sec == 0 || MS_TDIFF(tv, last) > 500)) {
++	if ((timeout && MS_TDIFF(tv,start) > timeout*1000 + 500) ||
++		((count == 0) && (!timeout)))
++		finish();
++
++	if (last.tv_sec == 0 || MS_TDIFF(tv, last) > 500) {
+ 		count--;
+ 		send_pack(s, src, dst, &me[0], &he[0]);
+ 		if (count == 0 && unsolicited)
+@@ -405,10 +404,6 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
+ 			break;
+ 		case 'c':
+ 			count = atoi(optarg);
+-			if (count > 0)
+-				forever = 0;
+-			else
+-				forever = 1;
+ 			break;
+ 		case 'w':
+ 			timeout = atoi(optarg);
+@@ -610,8 +605,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
+ 		sigaddset(&sset, SIGALRM);
+ 		sigaddset(&sset, SIGINT);
+ 		sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, &sset, &osset);
+-		if (recv_pack(packet, cc, from) && count == 0 && !forever)
+-			finish();
++		recv_pack(packet, cc, &from[0]);
++		if(received == count)
++			exit(0);
+ 		sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &osset, NULL);
+ 	}
+ }
diff --git a/iputils.spec b/iputils.spec
index 3338841..0389619 100644
--- a/iputils.spec
+++ b/iputils.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: Network monitoring tools including ping
 Name: iputils
 Version: 20071127
-Release: 9%{?dist}
+Release: 10%{?dist}
 License: BSD
 URL: http://www.skbuff.net/iputils
 Group: System Environment/Daemons
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Patch12: iputils-20070202-ia64_align.patch
 Patch13: iputils-20071127-warnings.patch
 Patch14: iputils-20071127-typing_bug.patch
 Patch15: iputils-20071127-corr_type.patch
+Patch16: iputils-20071127-timeout.patch
 
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildRequires: docbook-utils perl-SGMLSpm
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ the target machine is alive and receiving network traffic.
 %patch13 -p1 -b .warnings
 %patch14 -p1 -b .typing_bug
 %patch15 -p1 -b .corr_type
+%patch16 -p1 -b .timeout
 
 %build
 %ifarch s390 s390x
@@ -150,6 +152,9 @@ rm -rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}
 %{_sysconfdir}/rc.d/init.d/rdisc
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Mar 05 2010 Jiri Skala <jskala@redhat.com> - 20071127-10
+- fixes #557308 - arping ignores the deadline option
+
 * Fri Jul 24 2009 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 20071127-9
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_12_Mass_Rebuild