diff --git a/net-analyzer/nagios-plugins/metadata.xml b/net-analyzer/nagios-plugins/metadata.xml
index 10fc78d5339df..6e0ac6a29ca58 100644
--- a/net-analyzer/nagios-plugins/metadata.xml
+++ b/net-analyzer/nagios-plugins/metadata.xml
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@
Install net-analyzer/fping required for fancy ping
monitoring. Disabling the flag does not remove any plugin file.
+
+ Install net-nds/rpcbind required for monitoring RPC
+ services. Disabling the flag does not remove any plugin file.
+
Install net-misc/openssh required for monitoring SSH
servers. Disabling the flag does not remove any plugin file.
diff --git a/net-analyzer/nagios-plugins/nagios-plugins-2.4.12-r2.ebuild b/net-analyzer/nagios-plugins/nagios-plugins-2.4.12-r3.ebuild
similarity index 98%
rename from net-analyzer/nagios-plugins/nagios-plugins-2.4.12-r2.ebuild
rename to net-analyzer/nagios-plugins/nagios-plugins-2.4.12-r3.ebuild
index 8a45c8c2046e4..44514c3c5c593 100644
--- a/net-analyzer/nagios-plugins/nagios-plugins-2.4.12-r2.ebuild
+++ b/net-analyzer/nagios-plugins/nagios-plugins-2.4.12-r3.ebuild
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SRC_URI="https://github.com/${PN}/${PN}/releases/download/release-${PV}/${P}.tar
LICENSE="GPL-2"
SLOT="0"
KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~sparc ~x86"
-IUSE="ipv6 ldap mysql nagios-dns nagios-ping nagios-game nls postgres radius samba selinux snmp ssh +ssl"
+IUSE="ipv6 ldap mysql nagios-dns nagios-ping nagios-game nls postgres radius samba selinux snmp ssh +ssl rpc"
# Most of the plugins use automagic dependencies, i.e. the plugin will
# get built if the binary it uses is installed. For example, check_snmp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ AUTOMAGIC_DEPEND="
nagios-dns? ( net-dns/bind )
nagios-game? ( games-util/qstat )
nagios-ping? ( net-analyzer/fping )
+ rpc? ( net-nds/rpcbind )
samba? ( net-fs/samba )
ssh? ( virtual/openssh )
snmp? ( dev-perl/Net-SNMP