diff --git a/man/dhcpd-pools.1.in b/man/dhcpd-pools.1.in
index 9964dd8..e55f5b6 100644
--- a/man/dhcpd-pools.1.in
+++ b/man/dhcpd-pools.1.in
@@ -161,6 +161,27 @@ is
 If critical percentage is not specified it defaults to
 .BR @ALARM_CRIT@ .
 .TP
+\fB\-\-warn\-count\fR=\fInumber\fR
+A
+.I number
+of free leases before alarm is raised.  When specified both \-\-warning
+.I percent
+and count
+.I number
+are required to be exceeded in order to alarm criteria being fulfilled.
+.IP
+This option is intented to be used in setup where very large and small
+shared-networks and ranges co-exists.  In such environments percent based
+alarming can lead to either flood of alarms about small ranges, or way too
+great overhead of free addresses in large shared-networks.  Suggested usage
+is to set percentage to a level that makes small ranges to ring, and set the
+count to match level when an enormous shared-network is too few free leases.
+.IP
+Defaults to 2^32, that is size of entire IPv4 address space.
+.TP
+\fB\-\-crit\-count\fR=\fInumber\fR
+Same as \-\-warn\-count, but for critical alarms.
+.TP
 \fB\-\-snet\-alarms
 Suppress range alarms that are part of shared networks.  Use of this option
 will keep alarm criteria applied to ranges that are not part of shared-net
diff --git a/src/dhcpd-pools.c b/src/dhcpd-pools.c
index 3aef093..7b765d7 100644
--- a/src/dhcpd-pools.c
+++ b/src/dhcpd-pools.c
@@ -97,7 +97,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		OPT_SNET_ALARMS = CHAR_MAX + 1,
 		OPT_WARN,
 		OPT_CRIT,
-		OPT_MINSIZE
+		OPT_MINSIZE,
+		OPT_WARN_COUNT,
+		OPT_CRIT_COUNT
 	};
 	int ret_val;
 
@@ -114,6 +116,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		{"snet-alarms", no_argument, NULL, OPT_SNET_ALARMS},
 		{"warning", required_argument, NULL, OPT_WARN},
 		{"critical", required_argument, NULL, OPT_CRIT},
+		{"warn-count", required_argument, NULL, OPT_WARN_COUNT},
+		{"crit-count", required_argument, NULL, OPT_CRIT_COUNT},
 		{"minsize", required_argument, NULL, OPT_MINSIZE},
 		{NULL, 0, NULL, 0}
 	};
@@ -132,6 +136,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	config.snet_alarms = false;
 	config.warning = ALARM_WARN;
 	config.critical = ALARM_CRIT;
+	config.warn_count = 0x100000000;	/* == 2^32 that is the entire IPv4 space */
+	config.crit_count = 0x100000000;	/* basically turns off the count criteria */
 	/* File location defaults */
 	strncpy(config.dhcpdconf_file, DHCPDCONF_FILE, MAXLEN - 1);
 	strncpy(config.dhcpdlease_file, DHCPDLEASE_FILE, MAXLEN - 1);
@@ -208,6 +214,14 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 			strcpy(config.output_format, "a");
 			config.critical = strtod_or_err(optarg, "illegal argument");
 			break;
+		case OPT_WARN_COUNT:
+			strcpy(config.output_format, "a");
+			config.warn_count = strtod_or_err(optarg, "illegal argument");
+			break;
+		case OPT_CRIT_COUNT:
+			strcpy(config.output_format, "a");
+			config.crit_count = strtod_or_err(optarg, "illegal argument");
+			break;
 		case OPT_MINSIZE:
 			config.minsize = strtod_or_err(optarg, "illegal argument");
 			break;
diff --git a/src/dhcpd-pools.h b/src/dhcpd-pools.h
index f24b150..79335fb 100644
--- a/src/dhcpd-pools.h
+++ b/src/dhcpd-pools.h
@@ -133,6 +133,8 @@ struct configuration_t {
 	bool snet_alarms;
 	double warning;
 	double critical;
+	double warn_count;
+	double crit_count;
 	double minsize;
 };
 /*! \struct shared_network_t
diff --git a/src/output.c b/src/output.c
index 78a9cc7..0828646 100644
--- a/src/output.c
+++ b/src/output.c
@@ -1005,9 +1005,9 @@ int output_alarming(void)
 			}
 			if (config.minsize < range_size) {
 				perc = (float)(100 * range_p->count) / range_size;
-				if (config.critical < perc)
+				if (config.critical < perc && (range_size - range_p->count) < config.crit_count)
 					rc++;
-				else if (config.warning < perc)
+				else if (config.warning < perc && (range_size - range_p->count) < config.warn_count)
 					rw++;
 				else
 					ro++;
@@ -1025,9 +1025,9 @@ int output_alarming(void)
 				perc =
 				    shared_p->available ==
 				    0 ? 100 : (float)(100 * shared_p->used) / shared_p->available;
-				if (config.critical < perc)
+				if (config.critical < perc && shared_p->available < config.crit_count)
 					sc++;
-				else if (config.warning < perc)
+				else if (config.warning < perc && shared_p->available < config.warn_count)
 					sw++;
 				else
 					so++;