2 files changed, 13 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/lib/Nagios/Plugin.pm b/lib/Nagios/Plugin.pm
index d2a5145..8950477 100644
--- a/lib/Nagios/Plugin.pm
+++ b/lib/Nagios/Plugin.pm
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ sub check_threshold {
 
         my %args;
 
-        if ( $#_ == 0 && ! ref $_[0]) {  # one positional param
+        if ( $#_ == 0 && (! ref $_[0] || ref $_[0] eq "ARRAY" )) {  # one positional param
                 %args = (check => shift);
         }
         else {
@@ -509,6 +509,9 @@ WARNING constant.  The thresholds may be:
 3. implicitly set by command-line parameters -w, -c, --critical or
    --warning, if you have run C<< $plugin->getopts() >>.
 
+You can specify $value as an array of values and each will be checked against
+the thresholds.
+
 The return value is ready to pass to C <nagios_exit>, e . g .,
 
   $p->nagios_exit(
diff --git a/lib/Nagios/Plugin/Threshold.pm b/lib/Nagios/Plugin/Threshold.pm
index 73fce53..95a089b 100644
--- a/lib/Nagios/Plugin/Threshold.pm
+++ b/lib/Nagios/Plugin/Threshold.pm
@@ -16,11 +16,16 @@ sub get_status
 {
         my ($self, $value) = @_;
 
-        if ($self->critical->is_set) {
-                return CRITICAL if $self->critical->check_range($value);
+        $value = [ $value ] if (ref $value eq "");
+        foreach my $v (@$value) {
+                if ($self->critical->is_set) {
+                        return CRITICAL if $self->critical->check_range($v);
+                }
         }
-        if ($self->warning->is_set) {
-                return WARNING if $self->warning->check_range($value);
+        foreach my $v (@$value) { 
+                if ($self->warning->is_set) {
+                        return WARNING if $self->warning->check_range($v);
+                }
         }
         return OK;
 }