diff --git a/monitoring-plugins-rsync-option_binary.patch b/monitoring-plugins-rsync-option_binary.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e3c0d71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/monitoring-plugins-rsync-option_binary.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+--- ./check_rsync	2022/12/01 15:42:58	1.1
++++ ./check_rsync	2022/12/01 15:51:40
+@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
+ use strict;
+ use Getopt::Long;
+ 
+-use vars qw($opt_H $opt_p $opt_m);
++use vars qw($opt_H $opt_p $opt_b $opt_m);
+ use vars qw($PROGNAME %RSYNCMSG $cpid);
+ use lib "/usr/local/nagios/libexec";
+ use utils qw($TIMEOUT %ERRORS);
+@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
+ use utils qw($TIMEOUT %ERRORS);
+ 
+ $PROGNAME = "check_rsync";
+-$ENV{'PATH'}='';
++# $ENV{'PATH'}='';
+ $ENV{'BASH_ENV'}='';
+ $ENV{'ENV'}='';
+ %RSYNCMSG = (
+@@ -60,15 +60,17 @@
+ GetOptions (
+   "H=s" => \$opt_H, "hostname=s" => \$opt_H,
+   "p=s" => \$opt_p, "port=s" => \$opt_p,
+-  "m=s@" => \$opt_m, "module=s@" => \$opt_m );
++  "b=s" => \$opt_b, "binary=s" => \$opt_b,
++  "m=s@" => \$opt_m, "module=s@" => \$opt_m);
+ 
+ unless (defined($opt_H)){
+-  print "Usage: $PROGNAME -H <host> [-p <port>] [-m <module>[,<user>,<password>] [-m <module>[,<user>,<password>]...]]\n";
++  print "Usage: $PROGNAME -H <host> [-p <port>] [ -b <path_to_rsync> ] [-m <module>[,<user>,<password>] [-m <module>[,<user>,<password>]...]]\n";
+   exit $ERRORS{'UNKNOWN'};
+ }
+ 
+ my $host = $opt_H;
+ my $port = defined($opt_p) ? $opt_p : 873;
++my $binary = defined($opt_b) ? $opt_b : '/usr/bin/rsync';
+ my $verbose = 0; # Not implemented as argument yet
+ 
+ # Create an array for each -m arguments and store them in @modules
+@@ -100,8 +102,15 @@
+ 
+ alarm($TIMEOUT);
+ 
++my $option_cont = "--contimeout=$TIMEOUT";
++my $option_port = "--port=$port";
++if ($binary =~ /rsync-ssl/) {
++    $option_cont = '';
++    $option_port = '' if $port eq 873;
++}
++
+ # Get a list of modules to see if rsync is up
+-my $command = "/usr/bin/rsync --timeout=$TIMEOUT --contimeout=$TIMEOUT --port=$port $source";
++my $command = "$binary --timeout=$TIMEOUT $option_cont $option_port $source";
+ 
+ # Workaround to kill stale rsync processes
+ $cpid = open(RSYNC, "$command|") or report_error("Unable to execute rsync: $!");
+@@ -142,7 +151,7 @@
+   undef $error_code;
+   undef $result;
+   # Get a file listing of the root of the module
+-  $command = "/usr/bin/rsync --port=$port $source";
++  $command = "$binary $option_port $source";
+ 
+   # Workaround to kill stale rsync processes
+   $cpid = open(RSYNC, "$command|") or report_error("Unable to execute rsync: $!");
diff --git a/monitoring-plugins-rsync.changes b/monitoring-plugins-rsync.changes
index ad1df69..31e046d 100644
--- a/monitoring-plugins-rsync.changes
+++ b/monitoring-plugins-rsync.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Dec  1 17:28:14 CET 2022 - ro@suse.de
+
+- add patch monitoring-plugins-rsync-option_binary.patch
+  allow to specify path to rsync via option -b or -binary
+  to be able to use the /usr/bin/rsync-ssl wrapper
+  (leave PATH variable alone to not break the wrapper)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jul 30 10:16:18 UTC 2014 - lars@linux-schulserver.de
 
diff --git a/monitoring-plugins-rsync.spec b/monitoring-plugins-rsync.spec
index 5cabb25..57d2a8b 100644
--- a/monitoring-plugins-rsync.spec
+++ b/monitoring-plugins-rsync.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package monitoring-plugins-rsync
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2012-2014 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2022 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -12,25 +12,26 @@
 # license that conforms to the Open Source Definition (Version 1.9)
 # published by the Open Source Initiative.
 
-# Please submit bugfixes or comments via http://bugs.opensuse.org/
+# Please submit bugfixes or comments via https://bugs.opensuse.org/
 #
 
 
 Name:           monitoring-plugins-rsync
 Summary:        Check rsync servers availability
-License:        GPL-2.0+
+License:        GPL-2.0-or-later
 Group:          System/Monitoring
 Version:        1.02
 Release:        0
-Url:            https://www.monitoringexchange.org/inventory/Check-Plugins/Network/check_rsync
+URL:            https://www.monitoringexchange.org/inventory/Check-Plugins/Network/check_rsync
 Source0:        check_rsync
 Source1:        COPYING
 Patch1:         monitoring-plugins-rsync-timeout.patch
 Patch2:         monitoring-plugins-rsync-hidden_modules.patch
+Patch3:         monitoring-plugins-rsync-option_binary.patch
 BuildRequires:  nagios-rpm-macros
 %if 0%{?suse_version} > 1010
 # nagios can execute the script with embedded perl
-Recommends:     perl 
+Recommends:     perl
 %endif
 Requires:       rsync
 Requires:       perl(Getopt::Long)
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ list modules on the Rsync server.
 install -m644 %{SOURCE0} .
 %patch1 -p0
 %patch2 -p0
+%patch3 -p0
 
 %build
 
@@ -64,7 +66,7 @@ chmod +x %buildroot/%{nagios_plugindir}/check_rsync
 %clean
 rm -rf %buildroot
 
-%files 
+%files
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 # avoid build dependecy of nagios - own the dirs
 %dir %{nagios_libdir}