diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 41e6c63f..5c4586c5 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ SVN-HEAD
                   Add SMSC LPC47M233 support
                   Drop support for Linux 2.4 (#2325)
                   Handle special case chips more efficiently
+                  Fix SMBus detection of W83627EHF and W83627DHG
 
 3.0.3 (2008-09-28)
   libsensors: Avoid namespace pollution
diff --git a/prog/detect/sensors-detect b/prog/detect/sensors-detect
index 6e5c4347..800f9c23 100755
--- a/prog/detect/sensors-detect
+++ b/prog/detect/sensors-detect
@@ -4485,7 +4485,7 @@ sub w83781d_detect
   return if $chip == 6 and  $reg1 != 0x31;
   return if $chip == 7 and  $reg1 != 0x71;
   return if $chip == 8 and  $reg1 != 0x7a;
-  return if $chip == 9 and  $reg1 != 0xa1;
+  return if $chip == 9 and ($reg1 != 0x88 && $reg1 != 0xa1);
   return if $chip == 10 and  $reg1 != 0xc1;
   # Default address is 0x2d
   @res = ($addr != 0x2d) ? (7) : (8);