diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 33bea05..352ca7a 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@
 
 - include_tasks: redhat.yml
   when: lustre_client_enabled and ansible_os_family == "RedHat"
+
+- include_tasks: ohpc.yml
+  when: lustre_client_enabled and ansible_connection == 'chroot'
diff --git a/tasks/ohpc.yml b/tasks/ohpc.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..61389e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/ohpc.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+---
+# tasks file for ansible-role-lustre_client
+
+- name: Script for creating and bringing up IB partition ipoib devices
+  template:
+    src: ifcfg-ibpart-create.sh.j2
+    dest: /usr/local/sbin/ifcfg-ibpart-create.sh
+    mode: 0744
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+
+- name: Run the script from rc.local
+  lineinfile:
+    path: /etc/rc.d/rc.local
+    line: '/usr/local/sbin/ifcfg-ibpart-create.sh'
+
+- name: Make sure rc.local is executable
+  file:
+    path: /etc/rc.d/rc.local
+    mode: 0744
diff --git a/templates/ifcfg-ibpart-create.sh.j2 b/templates/ifcfg-ibpart-create.sh.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4eeac21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/ifcfg-ibpart-create.sh.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Warewulf doesn't support IB partitions (or eth VLAN's),
+# https://github.com/warewulf/warewulf3/issues/166
+# So create the ifcfg- files and bring up the Lustre networks here
+# instead, and launch from rc.local.
+
+{% for dev in lustre_network_devices %}
+
+parent={{ dev.split('.')[0] }}
+
+parent_ip=$(ip a show dev ${parent} scope global | awk '{if ($1 == "inet") {print $2}}' | awk -F/ '{print $1}')
+
+# Device IP
+dip=$(echo $parent_ip | awk 'BEGIN {FS="."; OFS="."} {print $1, $2 + {{ loop.index }}, $3, $4}')
+pkey="0x{{ dev.split('.')[1] }}"
+
+cat <<EOF > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-{{ dev }}
+DEVICE={{ dev }}
+NAME={{ dev }}
+PHYSDEV=${parent}
+BOOTPROTO=none
+TYPE=InfiniBand
+IPADDR=${dip}
+ONBOOT=yes
+NETMASK=255.255.0.0
+PKEY=yes
+PKEY_ID=${pkey}
+IPV6INIT=no
+MTU=65520
+CONNECTED_MODE=yes
+NM_CONTROLLED=no
+EOF
+
+echo ${pkey} > /sys/class/net/${parent}/create_child
+ifup {{ dev }}
+
+{% endfor %}
+
+# Separate loop here to allow parallel initialization of devices
+{% for dev in lustre_network_devices %}
+while ! dmesg | grep '{{ dev }}: link becomes ready'
+do
+    sleep 1
+done
+{% endfor %}
+
+modprobe lustre
+mount /scratch