--- nagios-plugins-1.4.13/plugins/check_mysql.c	2008-08-16 06:47:32.000000000 +0200
+++ nagios-plugins-1.4.13.oskar/plugins/check_mysql.c	2009-03-19 16:50:18.000000000 +0100
@@ -181,13 +181,14 @@
 					continue;
 				}
 			}
+
 			if ((slave_io_field < 0) || (slave_sql_field < 0) || (num_fields == 0)) {
 				mysql_free_result (res);
 				mysql_close (&mysql);
 				die (STATE_CRITICAL, "Slave status unavailable\n");
 			}
 			
-			snprintf (slaveresult, SLAVERESULTSIZE, "Slave IO: %s Slave SQL: %s Seconds Behind Master: %s", row[slave_io_field], row[slave_sql_field], row[seconds_behind_field]);
+			snprintf (slaveresult, SLAVERESULTSIZE, "Slave IO: %s Slave SQL: %s Seconds Behind Master: %s", row[slave_io_field], row[slave_sql_field], seconds_behind_field!=-1?row[seconds_behind_field]:"Unknown");
 			if (strcmp (row[slave_io_field], "Yes") != 0 || strcmp (row[slave_sql_field], "Yes") != 0) {
 				mysql_free_result (res);
 				mysql_close (&mysql);