diff --git a/plugins/ipmi/freeipmi b/plugins/ipmi/freeipmi
index e060105d..6b22b52f 100755
--- a/plugins/ipmi/freeipmi
+++ b/plugins/ipmi/freeipmi
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ When used to monitor the local host, plugin config should define user root for d
 =head2 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
 
 When used to monitor a foreign host, this plugins use the variables
-IPMI_USERNAME and IPMI_PASSWORD to log in on the remote system.
+IPMI_USERNAME and IPMI_PASSWORD to log in on the remote system
+and optionally IPMI_DRIVER to specify the driver type.
 
 =head2 WILDCARD PLUGIN
 
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ $IPMISENSORS .= " --quiet-cache --comma-separated-output --no-header-output --ig
 $IPMISENSORS .= " --hostname=$hostname" if defined($hostname);
 $IPMISENSORS .= " --username=$ENV{IPMI_USERNAME}" if defined($ENV{IPMI_USERNAME});
 $IPMISENSORS .= " --password=$ENV{IPMI_PASSWORD}" if defined($ENV{IPMI_PASSWORD});
+$IPMISENSORS .= " --driver-type=$ENV{IPMI_DRIVER}" if defined($ENV{IPMI_DRIVER});
 
 my $output=`$IPMISENSORS 2>/dev/null`;
 my $retval=$?;