diff --git a/artiq/frontend/artiq_influxdb.py b/artiq/frontend/artiq_influxdb.py
index ca9c3f343..d13aca46a 100755
--- a/artiq/frontend/artiq_influxdb.py
+++ b/artiq/frontend/artiq_influxdb.py
@@ -208,6 +208,9 @@ class Filter:
         """Show existing patterns."""
         return self.patterns
 
+    def ping(self):
+        return True
+
 
 def main():
     args = get_argparser().parse_args()