diff --git a/includes/class-freemius.php b/includes/class-freemius.php
index a5b94fc54..cd8c73165 100755
--- a/includes/class-freemius.php
+++ b/includes/class-freemius.php
@@ -3425,6 +3425,8 @@ private static function _load_required_static() {
 
             self::add_ajax_action_static( 'set_db_option', array( 'Freemius', '_set_db_option' ) );
 
+            self::add_ajax_action_static( 'check_connectivity', array( 'Freemius', '_check_connectivity' ) );
+
             if ( 0 == did_action( 'plugins_loaded' ) ) {
                 add_action( 'plugins_loaded', array( 'Freemius', '_load_textdomain' ), 1 );
             }
@@ -3781,6 +3783,26 @@ static function _debug_page_render() {
             fs_require_once_template( 'debug.php', $vars );
         }
 
+        /**
+         * @author Xiaheng Chen (@xhchen)
+         */
+        static function _check_connectivity() {
+            $ch = curl_init( 'https://api.freemius.com/v1/ping.json' );
+
+            curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0 );
+            curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0 );
+
+            curl_exec( $ch );
+
+            $httpcode = curl_getinfo( $ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE );
+
+            curl_close( $ch );
+
+            echo "\nCode: " . $httpcode;
+
+            exit;
+        }
+
         #endregion
 
         #----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/templates/debug.php b/templates/debug.php
index 44b1efc1f..b77dd3f04 100644
--- a/templates/debug.php
+++ b/templates/debug.php
@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@
         <td>
             <button id="fs_set_db_option" class="button"><?php fs_esc_html_echo_inline( 'Set DB Option' ) ?></button>
         </td>
+        <td>
+            <button id="fs_check_connectivity_option" class="button"><?php fs_esc_html_echo_inline( 'Check Connectivity' ) ?></button>
+        </td>
     </tr>
     </tbody>
 </table>
@@ -140,6 +143,14 @@
                 }
             }
         });
+
+        $('#fs_check_connectivity_option').click(function () {
+            $.post(ajaxurl, {
+                action: 'fs_check_connectivity',
+            }, function (response) {
+                alert("Response: " + response);
+            });
+        })
     })(jQuery);
 </script>
 <?php