diff --git a/agents/plugins/smart b/agents/plugins/smart
index b8a70899ccd..b0e929762cf 100755
--- a/agents/plugins/smart
+++ b/agents/plugins/smart
@@ -109,6 +109,11 @@ main() {
                 # 2012-01-25 Stefan Kaerst CDJ - in case $N does not exist
                 VEND=ATA
             fi
+            # Check if "nvme" is in $N
+            # some nvme disks can be misclassified as ATA with the above
+            if [[ "$N" == *nvme* ]]; then
+                VEND=NVME
+            fi
             if [ -r "$BLOCK_PATH"/"$N"/device/model ]; then
                 MODEL=$(sed -e 's/ /_/g' -e 's/_*$//g' <"$BLOCK_PATH"/"$N"/device/model)
             else