diff --git a/node_modules/vfs-socket/worker.js b/node_modules/vfs-socket/worker.js
index 0fc07f34..bf1ad040 100644
--- a/node_modules/vfs-socket/worker.js
+++ b/node_modules/vfs-socket/worker.js
@@ -322,10 +322,30 @@ function Worker(vfs) {
         delete watchers[id];
         watcher.close();
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * Add additional timing info to any "ping" call.
+     */
+    function wrapPingCall(name, fnName, args) {
+        if (name === "ping" && fnName === "ping" && args[0] === "serverTime" && args.length === 2) {
+            var start = Date.now();
+            var cb = args[1];
+            
+            args[1] = function(err, payload) {
+                if (err) return cb(err);
+                cb(null, {
+                    payload: payload,
+                    serverTime: Date.now() - start
+                });
+            };
+        }
+    }
 
     function call(name, fnName, args) {
         var api = apis[name];
         if (!api) return;
+        
+        wrapPingCall(name, fnName, args);
 
         // If the last arg is a function, assume it's a callback and process it.
         if (typeof args[args.length - 1] == "function") {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 27aea251..a2a73b1d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
         "c9.ide.language.javascript.tern": "#a65ad88dd9",
         "c9.ide.language.javascript.infer": "#ebb2daf81a",
         "c9.ide.language.jsonalyzer": "#5262f6b4b9",
-        "c9.ide.collab": "#51b8b72e0f",
+        "c9.ide.collab": "#7bcd5ef65f",
         "c9.ide.local": "#2bfd7ff051",
         "c9.ide.find": "#989c06e6a7",
         "c9.ide.find.infiles": "#28b3cfcb47",
diff --git a/plugins/c9.vfs.client/ping-service.js b/plugins/c9.vfs.client/ping-service.js
index 52fb886a..fb9a5210 100644
--- a/plugins/c9.vfs.client/ping-service.js
+++ b/plugins/c9.vfs.client/ping-service.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 module.exports = function(vfs, options, register) {
     register(null, {
         ping: function (payload, callback) {
+            // We simply return the payload, while vfs-socket adds a time stamp
             callback(null, payload);
         }
     });
diff --git a/plugins/c9.vfs.client/vfs.ping.js b/plugins/c9.vfs.client/vfs.ping.js
index 8128bfeb..13ae4c44 100644
--- a/plugins/c9.vfs.client/vfs.ping.js
+++ b/plugins/c9.vfs.client/vfs.ping.js
@@ -60,11 +60,13 @@ define(function(require, exports, module) {
             if (!api) return callback(new Error("Client is offline"));
 
             var start = Date.now();
-            api.ping("ping", function(err) {
-                var took = Date.now() - start;
+            api.ping("serverTime", function(err, response) {
                 if (err) return callback(err);
 
-                callback(null, took);
+                callback(null, {
+                    serverTime: response.serverTime,
+                    total: Date.now() - start
+                });
             });
         }