diff --git a/mod/ping.php b/mod/ping.php
index 2698956d7..1c6a0ff5c 100644
--- a/mod/ping.php
+++ b/mod/ping.php
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ function ping_init(&$a) {
 		$network = 0;
 
 		$r = q("SELECT `item`.`id`,`item`.`parent`, `item`.`verb`, `item`.`wall`, `item`.`author-name`, 
-				`item`.`author-link`, `item`.`author-avatar`, `item`.`created`, `item`.`object`, 
+				`item`.`contact-id`, `item`.`author-link`, `item`.`author-avatar`, `item`.`created`, `item`.`object`, 
 				`pitem`.`author-name` as `pname`, `pitem`.`author-link` as `plink` 
 				FROM `item` INNER JOIN `item` as `pitem` ON  `pitem`.`id`=`item`.`parent`
 				WHERE `item`.`unseen` = 1 AND `item`.`visible` = 1 AND
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ function ping_init(&$a) {
 
 		if(count($r)) {		
 
+			call_hooks('network_ping', array('items' => $r));
+
 			foreach ($r as $it) {
 
 				if($it['wall'])