diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/ipmiview/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/ipmiview/default.nix
index 17b552a141bfae..774b84947da174 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/ipmiview/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/ipmiview/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,14 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, patchelf, makeWrapper, xorg, fontconfig, freetype, gcc, gcc-unwrapped }:
+{ stdenv
+, fetchurl
+, makeWrapper
+, patchelf
+, fontconfig
+, freetype
+, gcc
+, gcc-unwrapped
+, iputils
+, psmisc
+, xorg }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "IPMIView";
@@ -11,12 +21,18 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ patchelf makeWrapper ];
-
-  buildPhase = with xorg; ''
+  buildPhase = with xorg;
+    let
+      stunnelBinary = if stdenv.hostPlatform.system == "x86_64-linux" then "linux/stunnel64"
+      else if stdenv.hostPlatform.system == "i686-linux" then "linux/stunnel32"
+      else throw "IPMIView is not supported on this platform";
+    in
+  ''
     patchelf --set-rpath "${stdenv.lib.makeLibraryPath [ libX11 libXext libXrender libXtst libXi ]}" ./jre/lib/amd64/libawt_xawt.so
     patchelf --set-rpath "${stdenv.lib.makeLibraryPath [ freetype ]}" ./jre/lib/amd64/libfontmanager.so
     patchelf --set-rpath "${gcc-unwrapped.lib}/lib" ./libiKVM64.so
     patchelf --set-rpath "${gcc.cc}/lib:$out/jre/lib/amd64/jli" --set-interpreter "$(cat $NIX_CC/nix-support/dynamic-linker)" ./jre/bin/java
+    patchelf --set-interpreter "$(cat $NIX_CC/nix-support/dynamic-linker)" ./BMCSecurity/${stunnelBinary}
   '';
 
   installPhase = ''
@@ -24,14 +40,22 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     cp -R . $out/
 
     # LD_LIBRARY_PATH: fontconfig is used from java code
+    # PATH: iputils is used for ping, and psmisc is for killall
+    # WORK_DIR: unfortunately the ikvm related binaries are loaded from
+    #           and user configuration is written to files in the CWD
     makeWrapper $out/jre/bin/java $out/bin/IPMIView \
       --set LD_LIBRARY_PATH "${stdenv.lib.makeLibraryPath [ fontconfig ]}" \
-      --prefix PATH : "$out/jre/bin" \
+      --prefix PATH : "$out/jre/bin:${iputils}/bin:${psmisc}/bin" \
       --add-flags "-jar $out/IPMIView20.jar" \
+      --run 'WORK_DIR=''${XDG_DATA_HOME:-~/.local/share}/ipmiview
+             mkdir -p $WORK_DIR
+             ln -snf '$out'/iKVM.jar '$out'/libiKVM* '$out'/libSharedLibrary* $WORK_DIR
+             cd $WORK_DIR'
   '';
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     license = licenses.unfree;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ vlaci ];
+    platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" "i686-linux" ];
   };
 }