diff --git a/tbsetup/power.in b/tbsetup/power.in
index 7c28524cd3d29eef1705bebb12c8edecf53cbcb0..5e4405c815bcc8f01b0a40eb5f852cbc4ba8519c 100755
--- a/tbsetup/power.in
+++ b/tbsetup/power.in
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ foreach my $power_id (keys %outlets) {
 		$errors++;
 	    }
 	}
-    } elsif ($type eq "RPC27") {
+    } elsif ($type =~ "RPC") {
 	if (rpc27ctrl($op,$power_id,@outlets)) {
 	    print "Control of $nodestr failed.\n"; $exitval++;
 	}