diff --git a/dsatest/bench/interface.py b/dsatest/bench/interface.py
index a112a84..02c783f 100644
--- a/dsatest/bench/interface.py
+++ b/dsatest/bench/interface.py
@@ -34,8 +34,9 @@ def del_address(self, address):
     def flush_addresses(self):
         self.machine.flush_addresses(self.name)
 
-    def ping(self, destination, count=None, deadline=None):
-        self.machine.ping(destination, from_if=self.name, count=count, deadline=deadline)
+    def ping(self, destination, count=None, deadline=None, size=None):
+        self.machine.ping(destination, from_if=self.name, count=count,
+                          deadline=deadline, size=size)
 
     def arp_get(self, address):
         return self.machine.arp_get(address, self.name)
diff --git a/dsatest/bench/machine.py b/dsatest/bench/machine.py
index 1689172..d74c808 100644
--- a/dsatest/bench/machine.py
+++ b/dsatest/bench/machine.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ def del_bridge(self, bridge):
         self.bridges.remove(bridge)
         bridge.destroy()
 
-    def ping(self, destination, count=None, deadline=None, from_if=None):
+    def ping(self, destination, count=None, deadline=None, from_if=None, size=None):
         cmd = "ping "
         if count is not None:
             cmd += " -c {} ".format(count)
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ def ping(self, destination, count=None, deadline=None, from_if=None):
             cmd += " -w {} ".format(deadline)
         if from_if is not None:
             cmd += " -I {} ".format(from_if)
+        if size is not None:
+            cmd += " -s {} ".format(size)
         cmd += " {}".format(destination)
         self.control.exec_and_check(cmd)
 
diff --git a/dsatest/tests/port/ping.py b/dsatest/tests/port/ping.py
index d503422..f21dc49 100644
--- a/dsatest/tests/port/ping.py
+++ b/dsatest/tests/port/ping.py
@@ -47,3 +47,23 @@ def test_port_ping_all(self):
         for i, link in enumerate(bench.links):
             addr = self.get_address(i, "target")
             link.host_if.ping(addr, count=1, deadline=10)
+
+    def test_port_ping_sizes(self):
+        for i, link in enumerate(bench.links):
+            addr = get_address(i, "target")
+            """
+            This is a very small size, but the HW should be rounding up
+            to a 64 bytes packet on the wire. Depending on the host, this
+            may fail. If it does, you may need to patch your host driver
+            """
+            link.host_if.ping(addr, count=1, deadline=10, size=1)
+            """
+            This would round up the total Ethernet size sans FCS to 60 bytes
+            and should be the minumum acceptable size
+            """
+            link.host_if.ping(addr, count=1, deadline=10, size=32)
+            """
+            This would result in a total Ethernet size sans FCS of 1500 bytes
+            and should be accepted by the switch
+            """
+            link.host_if.ping(addr, count=1, deadline=10, size=1472)