diff --git a/gnu/packages/freeipmi.scm b/gnu/packages/freeipmi.scm
index 6e2610409d..6cbad6b1b6 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/freeipmi.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/freeipmi.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
 ;;; Copyright © 2013 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2015 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -27,14 +28,14 @@ (define-module (gnu packages freeipmi)
 (define-public freeipmi
   (package
     (name "freeipmi")
-    (version "1.4.11")
+    (version "1.5.1")
     (source (origin
              (method url-fetch)
              (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/freeipmi/freeipmi-"
                                  version ".tar.gz"))
              (sha256
               (base32
-               "0bkghpbj1zkxcgmx2crg0mf97y6dhnxdqvdk5mkw1pyqdxncwq3l"))))
+               "0lhjxlha4j5rx11d81y1rgp9j18rlpxsjc0flsmj6bm60awmm627"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (inputs
      `(("readline" ,readline) ("libgcrypt" ,libgcrypt)))