diff --git a/ipmitool/src/plugins/lan/lan.c b/ipmitool/src/plugins/lan/lan.c
index 955c78e..958d554 100644
--- a/ipmitool/src/plugins/lan/lan.c
+++ b/ipmitool/src/plugins/lan/lan.c
@@ -1161,9 +1161,10 @@ int ipmi_lan_open(struct ipmi_intf * intf, char * hostname, int port, char * use
 	return intf->fd;
 }
 
-int intf_setup(struct ipmi_intf ** intf)
+int lan_intf_setup(struct ipmi_intf ** intf)
 {
 	*intf = &ipmi_lan_intf;
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int intf_setup(struct ipmi_intf ** intf) __attribute__ ((weak, alias("lan_intf_setup")));
diff --git a/ipmitool/src/plugins/lan/lan.h b/ipmitool/src/plugins/lan/lan.h
index 540fee8..14b3449 100644
--- a/ipmitool/src/plugins/lan/lan.h
+++ b/ipmitool/src/plugins/lan/lan.h
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ void ipmi_lan_close(struct ipmi_intf * intf);
 void ipmi_get_channel_info(struct ipmi_intf * intf, unsigned char channel);
 int ipmi_lan_ping(struct ipmi_intf * intf);
 
+int lan_intf_setup(struct ipmi_intf ** intf);
 struct ipmi_intf ipmi_lan_intf;
 
 #endif /*IPMI_LAN_H*/
diff --git a/ipmitool/src/plugins/open/open.c b/ipmitool/src/plugins/open/open.c
index 1ebad55..aa8cc71 100644
--- a/ipmitool/src/plugins/open/open.c
+++ b/ipmitool/src/plugins/open/open.c
@@ -174,8 +174,10 @@ struct ipmi_rs * ipmi_openipmi_send_cmd(struct ipmi_intf * intf, struct ipmi_rq
 	return &rsp;
 }
 
-int intf_setup(struct ipmi_intf ** intf)
+int open_intf_setup(struct ipmi_intf ** intf)
 {
 	*intf = &ipmi_openipmi_intf;
 	return 0;
 }
+
+int intf_setup(struct ipmi_intf ** intf) __attribute__ ((weak, alias("open_intf_setup")));
diff --git a/ipmitool/src/plugins/open/open.h b/ipmitool/src/plugins/open/open.h
index 377a318..d64e2ee 100644
--- a/ipmitool/src/plugins/open/open.h
+++ b/ipmitool/src/plugins/open/open.h
@@ -44,5 +44,6 @@
 struct ipmi_rs * ipmi_openipmi_send_cmd(struct ipmi_intf * intf, struct ipmi_rq * req);
 int ipmi_openipmi_open(struct ipmi_intf * intf, char * dev, int __unused1, char * __unused2, char * __unused3);
 void ipmi_openipmi_close(struct ipmi_intf * intf);
+int open_intf_setup(struct ipmi_intf ** intf);
 
 #endif