diff --git a/itl/command-plugins.conf b/itl/command-plugins.conf
index a17498f46..f72715278 100644
--- a/itl/command-plugins.conf
+++ b/itl/command-plugins.conf
@@ -2321,6 +2321,10 @@ object CheckCommand "nrpe" {
 			set_if = "$nrpe_version_2$"
 			description = "Use this if you want to connect to NRPE v2"
 		}
+		"-3" = {
+			set_if = "$nrpe_version_3$"
+			description = "Use this if you want to use NRPE v3 (with increased payload size)"
+		}
 		"-P" = {
 			value = "$nrpe_payload_size$"
 			description = "Specify non-default payload size for NSClient++"