diff --git a/confluent_server/confluent/plugins/hardwaremanagement/ipmi.py b/confluent_server/confluent/plugins/hardwaremanagement/ipmi.py
index 10026b88..f6eab7ca 100644
--- a/confluent_server/confluent/plugins/hardwaremanagement/ipmi.py
+++ b/confluent_server/confluent/plugins/hardwaremanagement/ipmi.py
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ ipmicommand = eventlet.import_patched('pyghmi.ipmi.command')
 import socket
 import ssl
 
+if not hasattr(ssl, 'SSLEOFError'):
+    ssl.SSLEOFError = None
+
 pci_cache = {}
 
 def get_dns_txt(qstring):