diff --git a/meta-witherspoon/conf/machine/witherspoon.conf b/meta-witherspoon/conf/machine/witherspoon.conf
index 0b17762..1ccd1cf 100644
--- a/meta-witherspoon/conf/machine/witherspoon.conf
+++ b/meta-witherspoon/conf/machine/witherspoon.conf
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 # Inhibit phosphor-hwmon-config-mrw
 VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_phosphor-hwmon-config_df-mrw = ""
 
+# Pick up the Witherspoon-specific IPMI configuration
+VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_ipmi-config = "witherspoon-ipmi-config"
+
 # Inhibit phosphor-fan-presence-mrw-native
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/phosphor-fan-presence-config_df-mrw = \
     "phosphor-fan-presence-config-native"
@@ -26,3 +29,5 @@
 # Inhibit phosphor-fan-control-fan-config-mrw-native
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/phosphor-fan-control-fan-config_df-mrw = \
     "phosphor-fan-control-fan-config-native"
+
+PREFERRED_RPROVIDER_virtual/phosphor-ipmi-config = "witherspoon-ipmi-config"