diff --git a/package/ppp/files/etc/ppp/options b/package/ppp/files/etc/ppp/options
index d74de7930..d91d06868 100644
--- a/package/ppp/files/etc/ppp/options
+++ b/package/ppp/files/etc/ppp/options
@@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ nopcomp
 nocrtscts
 lock
 maxfail 0
+lcp-echo-failure 5
+lcp-echo-interval 1