diff --git a/src/hw_tools.py b/src/hw_tools.py
index 5fde688d..a5604fbb 100644
--- a/src/hw_tools.py
+++ b/src/hw_tools.py
@@ -323,19 +323,19 @@ def check(self) -> bool:
 class IPMIStrategy(APTStrategyABC):
     """Strategy for installing ipmi."""
 
-    pkg = "freeipmi-tools"
+    freeipmi_pkg = "freeipmi-tools"
 
     def install(self) -> None:
-        apt_helpers.add_pkg_with_candidate_version(self.pkg)
+        apt_helpers.add_pkg_with_candidate_version(self.freeipmi_pkg)
 
     def remove(self) -> None:
         # Skip removing because this may cause dependency error
         # for other services on the same machine.
-        logger.info("%s skip removing %s", self._name, self.pkg)
+        logger.info("%s skip removing %s", self._name, self.freeipmi_pkg)
 
     def check(self) -> bool:
         """Check package status."""
-        return check_deb_pkg_installed(self.pkg)
+        return check_deb_pkg_installed(self.freeipmi_pkg)
 
 
 class IPMISENSORStrategy(IPMIStrategy):
@@ -345,10 +345,34 @@ class IPMISENSORStrategy(IPMIStrategy):
 
 
 class IPMISELStrategy(IPMIStrategy):
-    """Strategy for installing ipmi."""
+    """Strategy for installing ipmi.
+
+    The ipmiseld daemon polls the system event log (SEL)
+    of specified hosts and stores the logs into the local syslog.
+
+    Grafana agent will then forward the logs to Loki.
+    """
 
     _name = HWTool.IPMI_SEL
 
+    ipmiseld_pkg = "freeipmi-ipmiseld"
+
+    def install(self) -> None:
+        super().install()
+        apt_helpers.add_pkg_with_candidate_version(self.ipmiseld_pkg)
+
+    def remove(self) -> None:
+        # Skip removing because this may cause dependency error
+        # for other services on the same machine.
+        super().remove()
+        logger.info("%s skip removing %s", self._name, self.ipmiseld_pkg)
+
+    def check(self) -> bool:
+        """Check package status."""
+        parent_pkg_installed = super().check()
+        child_pkg_installed = check_deb_pkg_installed(self.ipmiseld_pkg)
+        return parent_pkg_installed and child_pkg_installed
+
 
 class IPMIDCMIStrategy(IPMIStrategy):
     """Strategy for installing ipmi."""
diff --git a/tests/functional/test_charm.py b/tests/functional/test_charm.py
index 3a87ac3c..15a8bae5 100644
--- a/tests/functional/test_charm.py
+++ b/tests/functional/test_charm.py
@@ -402,6 +402,13 @@ async def test_ipmi_sel_metrics(self, ops_test, unit, provided_collectors):
         if not assert_metrics(metrics.get("ipmi_sel"), expected_metric_values):
             pytest.fail("Expected metrics not present!")
 
+        check_active_cmd = "systemctl is-active ipmiseld"
+        logging.info("Check whether ipmiseld service is active.")
+        for unit in ops_test.model.applications[APP_NAME].units:
+            results = await run_command_on_unit(ops_test, unit.name, check_active_cmd)
+            assert results.get("return-code") == 0
+            assert results.get("stdout").strip() == "active"
+
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("version", ["1", "2"])
     async def test_lsi_sas_metrics(self, ops_test, unit, provided_collectors, version):
         """Tests for lsi_sas_{1,2} specific metrics."""
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_hw_tools.py b/tests/unit/test_hw_tools.py
index ac451c96..96a86dd5 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_hw_tools.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_hw_tools.py
@@ -702,9 +702,12 @@ def test_install(self, mock_apt, mock_candidate_version):
         mock_candidate_version.return_value = "some-candidate-version"
         strategy.install()
 
-        mock_apt.add_package.assert_called_with(
+        mock_apt.add_package.assert_any_call(
             "freeipmi-tools", version="some-candidate-version", update_cache=False
         )
+        mock_apt.add_package.assert_any_call(
+            "freeipmi-ipmiseld", version="some-candidate-version", update_cache=False
+        )
 
     @mock.patch("hw_tools.apt")
     def test_remove(self, mock_apt):