diff --git a/UsbDkController/UsbDkController.cpp b/UsbDkController/UsbDkController.cpp
index fa452db..884743d 100644
--- a/UsbDkController/UsbDkController.cpp
+++ b/UsbDkController/UsbDkController.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ void ShowUsage()
     tcout << endl;
     tcout << TEXT("UsbDkController -i  - install UsbDk driver") << endl;
     tcout << TEXT("UsbDkController -u  - uninstall UsbDk driver") << endl;
+    tcout << TEXT("UsbDkController -p  - TEMP: ping driver (verify control device is functional)") << endl;
     tcout << endl;
 }
 //-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -55,6 +56,21 @@ int __cdecl _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
                 tcout << TEXT("UsbDk driver uninstall failed") << endl;
             }
         }
+        else if (_tcsicmp(L"-p", argv[1]) == 0)
+        {
+            //TODO: Ping logic is temporary, to be removed after enumeration
+            //logic implemented
+            TCHAR Reply[10];
+            tcout << TEXT("Pinging UsbDk driver") << endl;
+            if (PingDriver(Reply, TBUF_SIZEOF(Reply)))
+            {
+                tcout << TEXT("UsbDk driver replied \"") << Reply << TEXT("\"") << endl;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                tcout << TEXT("UsbDk ping failed") << endl;
+            }
+        }
         else
         {
             ShowUsage();