diff --git a/wicd/backends/be-ioctl.py b/wicd/backends/be-ioctl.py
index 3d03c64..1d2ad9e 100644
--- a/wicd/backends/be-ioctl.py
+++ b/wicd/backends/be-ioctl.py
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ SIOCGIWESSID = 0x8B1B
 SIOCGIWRANGE = 0x8B0B
 SIOCGIWAP = 0x8B15
 SIOCGIWSTATS = 0x8B0F
+SIOCGIWRATE = 0x8B21
 
 # Got these from /usr/include/sockios.h
 SIOCGIFADDR = 0x8915