diff --git a/core/src/main/java/jenkins/websocket/WebSocketSession.java b/core/src/main/java/jenkins/websocket/WebSocketSession.java
index 43c4bba482..0160985b7b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/jenkins/websocket/WebSocketSession.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/jenkins/websocket/WebSocketSession.java
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ public abstract class WebSocketSession {
         if (PING_INTERVAL_SECONDS != 0) {
             pings = Timer.get().scheduleAtFixedRate(() -> {
                 try {
-                    handler.sendPing(ByteBuffer.wrap(new byte[0]));
+                    Future<Void> f = handler.sendPing(ByteBuffer.wrap(new byte[0]));
+                    // TODO do something interesting with the future
                 } catch (Exception x) {
                     error(x);
                     pings.cancel(true);
diff --git a/websocket/jetty10/src/main/java/jenkins/websocket/Jetty10Provider.java b/websocket/jetty10/src/main/java/jenkins/websocket/Jetty10Provider.java
index 9b73ca0d91..b5243e627f 100644
--- a/websocket/jetty10/src/main/java/jenkins/websocket/Jetty10Provider.java
+++ b/websocket/jetty10/src/main/java/jenkins/websocket/Jetty10Provider.java
@@ -104,10 +104,10 @@ public class Jetty10Provider implements Provider {
             }
 
             @Override
-            public void sendPing(ByteBuffer applicationData) throws IOException {
+            public Future<Void> sendPing(ByteBuffer applicationData) throws IOException {
                 CompletableFuture<Void> f = new CompletableFuture<>();
                 session().getRemote().sendPing(applicationData, new WriteCallbackImpl(f));
-                // TODO return f;
+                return f;
             }
 
             @Override
diff --git a/websocket/spi/src/main/java/jenkins/websocket/Provider.java b/websocket/spi/src/main/java/jenkins/websocket/Provider.java
index 0d7c53aeb5..19f50f1eaf 100644
--- a/websocket/spi/src/main/java/jenkins/websocket/Provider.java
+++ b/websocket/spi/src/main/java/jenkins/websocket/Provider.java
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ interface Provider {
 
         Future<Void> sendText(String text) throws IOException;
 
-        void sendPing(ByteBuffer applicationData) throws IOException;
+        Future<Void> sendPing(ByteBuffer applicationData) throws IOException;
 
         void close() throws IOException;