diff --git a/etc/ironic/ironic.conf.sample b/etc/ironic/ironic.conf.sample
index 405a66003f..d7ed6fc41e 100644
--- a/etc/ironic/ironic.conf.sample
+++ b/etc/ironic/ironic.conf.sample
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@
 # this value, please make sure that every enabled hardware
 # type will have the same set of enabled vendor interfaces on
 # every ironic-conductor service. (list value)
-#enabled_vendor_interfaces = no-vendor
+#enabled_vendor_interfaces = ipmitool,no-vendor
 
 # Default vendor interface to be used for nodes that do not
 # have vendor_interface field set. A complete list of vendor
diff --git a/ironic/conf/default.py b/ironic/conf/default.py
index de45b7e11e..1eaa8e49b3 100644
--- a/ironic/conf/default.py
+++ b/ironic/conf/default.py
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ driver_opts = [
     cfg.StrOpt('default_storage_interface',
                help=_DEFAULT_IFACE_HELP.format('storage')),
     cfg.ListOpt('enabled_vendor_interfaces',
-                default=['no-vendor'],
+                default=['ipmitool', 'no-vendor'],
                 help=_ENABLED_IFACE_HELP.format('vendor')),
     cfg.StrOpt('default_vendor_interface',
                help=_DEFAULT_IFACE_HELP.format('vendor')),
diff --git a/ironic/drivers/ipmi.py b/ironic/drivers/ipmi.py
index 6e95462f7e..3319f0eea8 100644
--- a/ironic/drivers/ipmi.py
+++ b/ironic/drivers/ipmi.py
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ class IPMIHardware(generic.GenericHardware):
         """List of supported power interfaces."""
         return [ipmitool.IPMIPower]
 
+    @property
+    def supported_vendor_interfaces(self):
+        """List of supported vendor interfaces."""
+        return [ipmitool.VendorPassthru, noop.NoVendor]
+
 
 class PXEAndIPMIToolDriver(base.BaseDriver):
     """PXE + IPMITool driver.
diff --git a/ironic/tests/unit/drivers/test_ipmi.py b/ironic/tests/unit/drivers/test_ipmi.py
index c12e6dda6c..99e260708e 100644
--- a/ironic/tests/unit/drivers/test_ipmi.py
+++ b/ironic/tests/unit/drivers/test_ipmi.py
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ class IPMIHardwareTestCase(db_base.DbTestCase):
                     enabled_power_interfaces=['ipmitool'],
                     enabled_management_interfaces=['ipmitool'],
                     enabled_raid_interfaces=['no-raid', 'agent'],
-                    enabled_console_interfaces=['no-console'])
+                    enabled_console_interfaces=['no-console'],
+                    enabled_vendor_interfaces=['ipmitool', 'no-vendor'])
 
     def test_default_interfaces(self):
         node = obj_utils.create_test_node(self.context, driver='ipmi')
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ class IPMIHardwareTestCase(db_base.DbTestCase):
             self.assertIsInstance(task.driver.deploy, iscsi_deploy.ISCSIDeploy)
             self.assertIsInstance(task.driver.console, noop.NoConsole)
             self.assertIsInstance(task.driver.raid, noop.NoRAID)
+            self.assertIsInstance(task.driver.vendor, ipmitool.VendorPassthru)
 
     def test_override_with_shellinabox(self):
         self.config(enabled_console_interfaces=['ipmitool-shellinabox',
@@ -51,7 +53,8 @@ class IPMIHardwareTestCase(db_base.DbTestCase):
             self.context, driver='ipmi',
             deploy_interface='direct',
             raid_interface='agent',
-            console_interface='ipmitool-shellinabox')
+            console_interface='ipmitool-shellinabox',
+            vendor_interface='no-vendor')
         with task_manager.acquire(self.context, node.id) as task:
             self.assertIsInstance(task.driver.management,
                                   ipmitool.IPMIManagement)
@@ -61,6 +64,7 @@ class IPMIHardwareTestCase(db_base.DbTestCase):
             self.assertIsInstance(task.driver.console,
                                   ipmitool.IPMIShellinaboxConsole)
             self.assertIsInstance(task.driver.raid, agent.AgentRAID)
+            self.assertIsInstance(task.driver.vendor, noop.NoVendor)
 
 
 class IPMIClassicDriversTestCase(testtools.TestCase):
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/ipmitool-vendor-3f0f52240ebbe489.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/ipmitool-vendor-3f0f52240ebbe489.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bba7113711
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/ipmitool-vendor-3f0f52240ebbe489.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    The ``ipmi`` hardware type now supports ``ipmitool`` vendor interface
+    (similar to classic ipmitool drivers).
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 5e7f184549..7077169c38 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ ironic.hardware.interfaces.storage =
 
 ironic.hardware.interfaces.vendor =
     fake = ironic.drivers.modules.fake:FakeVendorB
+    ipmitool = ironic.drivers.modules.ipmitool:VendorPassthru
     no-vendor = ironic.drivers.modules.noop:NoVendor
 
 ironic.hardware.types =