diff --git a/include/transport/networkplugin.h b/include/transport/networkplugin.h
index 334fab8b3ec4e951a4e762d518a5dce02f9f3ffd..8bfbf22151d1115e45ae4e99d10dd47860efd643 100644
--- a/include/transport/networkplugin.h
+++ b/include/transport/networkplugin.h
@@ -214,7 +214,8 @@ class NetworkPlugin {
 		virtual void handleExitRequest() { exit(1); }
 		void handleDataRead(std::string &data);
 		virtual void sendData(const std::string &string) {}
-		
+
+		void checkPing();
 
 	private:
 		void handleLoginPayload(const std::string &payload);