diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 26e0b620a2ea9d63ad005c2b227d061577a2189a..8e9615e6824789cc7d10d2f9f7279599c65ca7bf 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
-UNRELEASED (2015-03-??)
+release/004.034 (2015-04-08) 
 
-    [yumtools] minor fix for RHEL5 and yum plugins (jlent)
-
-UNRELEASED (2015-03-??)
+    [yumtools] Minor fix for RHEL5 and yum plugins. (jlent)
 
     [cron] Add parameter to base::cron to allow anacron package to be
     installed (helpful for Ubuntu systems with ubuntu-desktop
     package). (adamhl)
 
+    [ipmi] Don't attempt to run ipmievd on jessie.  It doesn't appear
+    to be available.  (whm)
+
 release/004.033 (2015-03-13)
 
     Modify the base::ssh::config::sshd define to allow the
diff --git a/manifests/ipmi.pp b/manifests/ipmi.pp
index d2e656266b910932312f67cda3eaf194ec16d8fd..5d20752271eca98f9e731475a3a574c15e598a4f 100644
--- a/manifests/ipmi.pp
+++ b/manifests/ipmi.pp
@@ -44,19 +44,22 @@ class base::ipmi {
           ensure  => present,
           require => Base::Os::Kernel_module['ipmi_si'];
         }
-        service { 'ipmievd':
-          ensure      => running,
-          name        => 'ipmievd',
-          enable      => true,
-          hasstatus   => false,
-          status      => 'pidof ipmievd',
-          require     => [Base::Os::Kernel_module['ipmi_devintf'],
-                          File['/etc/default/ipmievd']
-                          ],
-        }
-        file { '/etc/default/ipmievd':
-          source => 'puppet:///modules/base/ipmi/etc/default/ipmievd',
-          notify => Service['ipmievd'],
+        # ipmievd not available on jessie
+        if $::lsbdistcodename != 'jessie' {
+          service { 'ipmievd':
+            ensure      => running,
+            name        => 'ipmievd',
+            enable      => true,
+            hasstatus   => false,
+            status      => 'pidof ipmievd',
+            require     => [Base::Os::Kernel_module['ipmi_devintf'],
+                            File['/etc/default/ipmievd']
+                            ],
+          }
+          file { '/etc/default/ipmievd':
+            source => 'puppet:///modules/base/ipmi/etc/default/ipmievd',
+            notify => Service['ipmievd'],
+          }
         }
       }
       'RedHat': {