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diff --git a/check_snmp_metric/check_snmp_metric-0.5.0.mkp b/check_snmp_metric/check_snmp_metric-0.5.0.mkp
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diff --git a/check_snmp_metric/checks/check_snmp_metric b/check_snmp_metric/checks/check_snmp_metric
index 133768d2..88f188b6 100644
--- a/check_snmp_metric/checks/check_snmp_metric
+++ b/check_snmp_metric/checks/check_snmp_metric
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ def check_snmp_metric_arguments(params):
     if "factor" in params:
         args += ' --factor %f' % params["factor"]
 
+    if "offset" in params:
+        args += ' --offset %f' % params["offset"]
+
     if "unit" in params:
         args += ' --unit %s' % quote_shell_string(params["unit"])
 
diff --git a/check_snmp_metric/lib/nagios/plugins/check_snmp_metric b/check_snmp_metric/lib/nagios/plugins/check_snmp_metric
index 05492574..d68f0570 100755
--- a/check_snmp_metric/lib/nagios/plugins/check_snmp_metric
+++ b/check_snmp_metric/lib/nagios/plugins/check_snmp_metric
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ from pprint import pprint
 
 snmpgetcmd=['snmpget', '-O', 'nq']
 factor=1.0
+offset=0.0
 unit=""
 warn=0
 warnset=False
@@ -43,6 +44,8 @@ while args:
     a = args.pop(0)
     if a == "--factor":
         factor=float(args.pop(0))
+    elif a == "--offset":
+        offset=float(args.pop(0))
     elif a == "--unit":
         unit=args.pop(0)
     elif a == "--metric":
@@ -72,7 +75,7 @@ res = exec_snmpget(snmpgetcmd)
 
 if res.returncode == 0:
     oid, v = res.stdout.strip().split()
-    val = float(v) / factor
+    val = (float(v) / factor) + offset
     state = 0
     info = '%s is %0.2f %s' % (oid, val, unit)
     if critset and val > crit:
diff --git a/check_snmp_metric/web/plugins/wato/active_checks_snmp_metric.py b/check_snmp_metric/web/plugins/wato/active_checks_snmp_metric.py
index c7f2c405..e6b816bb 100644
--- a/check_snmp_metric/web/plugins/wato/active_checks_snmp_metric.py
+++ b/check_snmp_metric/web/plugins/wato/active_checks_snmp_metric.py
@@ -103,6 +103,12 @@ def _valuespec_active_checks_snmp_metric():
                   help = _("A Factor of 10 means that the value reported is ten times the real value, e.g. the OID contains 245, but the real temperature is 24,5°C"),
                   default_value = 1.0,
               )),
+            ( "offset",
+              Float(
+                  title = _("Value offset"),
+                  help = _("An offset that gets added (with a positive value) to the value or subtracted (with a negative value) from the value after applying the value factor."),
+                  default_value = 0.0,
+              )),
             ( "metric",
               TextAscii(
                   title = _("Metric name"),
@@ -114,7 +120,7 @@ def _valuespec_active_checks_snmp_metric():
                   help = _("Unit of the value. Used for display."),
               )),
         ],
-        optional_keys = [ 'hostname', 'port', 'timeout', 'creds', 'levels_upper', 'levels_lower', 'factor', 'metric', 'unit', ],
+        optional_keys = [ 'hostname', 'port', 'timeout', 'creds', 'levels_upper', 'levels_lower', 'factor', 'offset', 'metric', 'unit', ],
     )
 
 rulespec_registry.register(