diff --git a/checks/cisco_eigrp_interface b/checks/cisco_eigrp_interface
index 51667c311b3f97a621bc8a0de96f543fd618dadc..aa8ccc6d5cbf0f484561f5f39f48f94c11f6eb35 100644
--- a/checks/cisco_eigrp_interface
+++ b/checks/cisco_eigrp_interface
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 # 2018-08-06: modified scan function
 # 2019-10-14: added support for hamc-sha-256 authentication, md5 moved to warn, none moved to crit
 # 2019-10-16: added support for IPv6 and VRFs, added data parser function
+# 2019-10-31: changed item from interface long-name to interface short name
 #
 # snmpwalk sample
 #
@@ -158,8 +159,20 @@ def parse_cisco_eigrp_interface(info):
         }
         return name.get(mode, 'unknown')
 
-    def render_ip_address(bytestring):
-        return ".".join(["%s" % ord(m) for m in bytestring])
+    def get_short_if_name(st):
+        names = {'ethernet': 'Eth',
+                 'fastethernet': 'Fa',
+                 'gigabitethernet': 'Gi',
+                 'tengigabitethernet': 'Te',
+                 'fortygigabitethernet': 'Fo',
+                 'hundredgigabitethernet': 'Hu',
+                 'port-channel': 'Po',
+                 'tunnel': 'Tu',
+                 }
+        for item in names.keys():
+            if st.lower().startswith(item):
+                st = st.lower().replace(item, names.get(item))
+        return st
 
     EigrpInterfaces, InterfaceNames, VrfInfo = info
     EigrpIfTable = []
@@ -175,7 +188,7 @@ def parse_cisco_eigrp_interface(info):
         for ifindex, ifname, iftype in InterfaceNames:
             if int(ifindex) == cEigrpIfIndex:  # compare interface index
                 if not int(iftype) == 24:  # skip Loopback interfaces
-                    cEigrpIfName = ifname
+                    cEigrpIfName = get_short_if_name(ifname)
                     
         
         if cEigrpIfName != '':
diff --git a/cisco_eigrp.mkp b/cisco_eigrp.mkp
index 4a32f9cd9fb97ee04d5fc9463cf53110f2fc7535..2db0e6c906f46d25f407c99521854d95fd1a1bc4 100644
Binary files a/cisco_eigrp.mkp and b/cisco_eigrp.mkp differ