diff --git a/ipmitool/bldipmi.pl b/ipmitool/bldipmi.pl
index b60023e..2f58691 100755
--- a/ipmitool/bldipmi.pl
+++ b/ipmitool/bldipmi.pl
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ if (grep /Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5\.\d/, @output) {
   $os = "rh6";
 } elsif (grep /Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7\.\d/, @output) {
   $os = "rh7";
+} elsif (grep /Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 8\.\d/, @output) {
+  $os = "rh8";
 } elsif (grep /CentOS Linux release 7\.\d/, @output) {
   $os = "rh7";
 } elsif (grep /CentOS release 6\.\d/, @output) {