diff --git a/test/bmc/bmc_test.rb b/test/bmc/bmc_test.rb
index 635e94b1b..595ba80fc 100644
--- a/test/bmc/bmc_test.rb
+++ b/test/bmc/bmc_test.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 class BmcTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
   def setup
+    Rubyipmi.stubs(:is_provider_installed?).with('ipmitool').returns(true)
     @args = { :username => "user", :password => "pass", :bmc_provider => "ipmitool", :host => "host" }
     @bmc  = Proxy::BMC::IPMI.new(@args)
   end