diff --git a/centreon-plugins/centreon/plugins/mode.pm b/centreon-plugins/centreon/plugins/mode.pm
index 13507acd4..739f6b8a8 100644
--- a/centreon-plugins/centreon/plugins/mode.pm
+++ b/centreon-plugins/centreon/plugins/mode.pm
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ sub new {
     
     %{$self->{option_results}} = ();
     $self->{output} = $options{output};
+    $self->{output}->use_new_perfdata(value => 1)
+        if (defined($options{force_new_perfdata}) && $options{force_new_perfdata} == 1);
     $self->{mode} = $options{mode};
     $self->{version} = undef;
 
diff --git a/centreon-plugins/centreon/plugins/output.pm b/centreon-plugins/centreon/plugins/output.pm
index 6cff2be4e..7cc86f74b 100644
--- a/centreon-plugins/centreon/plugins/output.pm
+++ b/centreon-plugins/centreon/plugins/output.pm
@@ -815,8 +815,10 @@ sub is_debug {
 }
 
 sub use_new_perfdata {
-    my ($self) = @_;
+    my ($self, %options) = @_;
 
+    $self->{option_results}->{use_new_perfdata} = $options{value}
+        if (defined($options{value}));
     if (defined($self->{option_results}->{use_new_perfdata})) {
         return 1;
     }