diff --git a/plugins/network/ipset b/plugins/network/ipset
index 832020bb..d931deed 100644
--- a/plugins/network/ipset
+++ b/plugins/network/ipset
@@ -4,7 +4,14 @@
 #
 #Add this line to sudoers:
 #ALL             ALL = (root) NOPASSWD: /sbin/ipset list [!-]*, /sbin/ipset list -n
+#
+#%# family=auto
+#%# capabilities=autoconf
 
+[ "$1" = "autoconf" ] && {
+	[ -e /sbin/ipset -o -n "$(which ipset)" ] && echo 'yes' || echo 'no (ipset binary not present)'
+	exit 0
+}
 
 [ "$1" = "config" ] && {
 	echo graph_title Netfilter IPSets