diff -u openipmi-2.0.18/debian/changelog openipmi-2.0.18/debian/changelog
--- openipmi-2.0.18/debian/changelog
+++ openipmi-2.0.18/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+openipmi (2.0.18-0ubuntu11.2) xenial; urgency=medium
+
+  * Fixed openipmi init file for other archs. (LP: #1716517)
+
+ -- Manoj Iyer <manoj.iyer@canonical.com>  Mon, 21 May 2018 16:01:36 -0500
+
 openipmi (2.0.18-0ubuntu11.1) xenial; urgency=medium
 
   * debian/openipmi.init: add Default-Start and Default-Stop values
diff -u openipmi-2.0.18/debian/openipmi.init openipmi-2.0.18/debian/openipmi.init
--- openipmi-2.0.18/debian/openipmi.init
+++ openipmi-2.0.18/debian/openipmi.init
@@ -43,7 +43,14 @@
 INTF_NUM=0
 
 IPMI_SMB_MODULE_NAME="ipmi_smb"
-IPMI_SI_MODULE_NAME="ipmi_si"
+case $(uname -m) in
+    "aarch64")
+        IPMI_SI_MODULE_NAME="ipmi_ssif" ;;
+    "ppc64le")
+        IPMI_SI_MODULE_NAME="ipmi_powernv" ;;
+    *)
+        IPMI_SI_MODULE_NAME="ipmi_si" ;;
+esac
 kernel=`uname -r | cut -d. -f1-2`
 if [ "${kernel}" == "2.4" ]; then
     IPMI_SMB_MODULE_NAME="ipmi_smb_intf"