diff --git a/lib/facter/util/wmi.rb b/lib/facter/util/wmi.rb
index f69f56359c..5bbcb93c3a 100644
--- a/lib/facter/util/wmi.rb
+++ b/lib/facter/util/wmi.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ module Facter::Util::WMI
   class << self
     def connect(uri = wmi_resource_uri)
       require 'win32ole'
-      WIN32OLE.connect(uri)
+      #WIN32OLE.connect(uri)
+      swbem = WIN32OLE.new("WbemScripting.SWbemLocator")
+      # TODO: parse wmi_resource_uri to extract host and namespace
+      swbem.ConnectServer(".", "root\\cimv2")
     end
 
     def wmi_resource_uri( host = '.' )