diff --git a/monitor/freeipmi/freeipmi.conf b/monitor/freeipmi/freeipmi.conf
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+++ b/monitor/freeipmi/freeipmi.conf
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+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+#
+# Filename: package/.../freeipmi/freeipmi.conf
+# Copyright (C) 2013 The OpenSDE Project
+#
+# More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License. A copy of the
+# GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
+
+if ! pkginstalled -f libgcrypt; then
+	echo_warning "Disabling encryption support (libgcrypt not installed)"
+	var_append extraconfopt ' ' "--without-encryption"
+fi