diff --git a/test/telegraf-agents/test_rspec.py b/test/telegraf-agents/test_rspec.py
index 7a7c7ee441210077edbd4d455427ce0d47e152a1..5442eed2d366f64c32e8896f87de02f662e21dae 100644
--- a/test/telegraf-agents/test_rspec.py
+++ b/test/telegraf-agents/test_rspec.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import pytest
     'nginx',
     'mongo',
     'ffmpeg',
-    'ipendpoint'
+    'host'
 ])
 def test_service_name(telegraf_agent_config, service_name):
     """
diff --git a/test/telegraf-agents/test_telegraf_agents.py b/test/telegraf-agents/test_telegraf_agents.py
index b55f46a515940c7d6ab109fb7ea4caba7f0ff3ee..b2e8ce59e229dc1862f200e833e946c6c6272d2e 100644
--- a/test/telegraf-agents/test_telegraf_agents.py
+++ b/test/telegraf-agents/test_telegraf_agents.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
 
 import pytest
+from subprocess import run
+from platform import system
 from influxdb import InfluxDBClient
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("service_name", [
@@ -15,10 +17,22 @@ def test_service_name(telegraf_agent_config, service_name):
     assert any(s['name'] == service_name for s in telegraf_agent_config['hosts']), "{0} not in list of hosts".format(service_name)
     
 def test_ping(telegraf_agent_config):
-    """This test will only run on linux as the process call is not portable, there's a better way"""
-    for host in telegraf_agent_config['hosts']:
-        response = os.system("ping -c 1 " + host['ip_address'])
-        assert response == 0, "Could not ping {0} on ip address {1}".format(host['name'], host['ip_address'])
+    """
+    Pings each service to test for liveliness
+
+    :param streaming_sim_config: the configuration fixture collected from conftest.py
+    """
+
+    print("\n")  # blank line printed for formatting purposes
+
+    ping_count = 1
+    system_dependent_param = "-n" if system().lower() == "windows" else "-c"
+
+    for service in telegraf_agent_config['hosts']:
+        command = ["ping", system_dependent_param, str(ping_count), service['ip_address']]
+        assert run(command).returncode == 0, "Service ping test failed for {0} with ip address {1}".format(service['name'], service['ip_address'])
+        print("\nSuccessfully passed ping test for service: {0}\n".format(service['name']))
+
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("measurement, query, expected_result", [
     ('nginx', 'SELECT mean("requests") AS "mean" FROM "CLMCMetrics"."autogen"."nginx"', 0),