diff --git a/reactos/ntoskrnl/io/driver.c b/reactos/ntoskrnl/io/driver.c
index 6d745cdf4a2..d1dffa6f34f 100644
--- a/reactos/ntoskrnl/io/driver.c
+++ b/reactos/ntoskrnl/io/driver.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Id: driver.c,v 1.54 2004/09/24 10:51:35 ekohl Exp $
+/* $Id: driver.c,v 1.55 2004/11/07 21:20:51 navaraf Exp $
  *
  * COPYRIGHT:      See COPYING in the top level directory
  * PROJECT:        ReactOS kernel
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ static KSPIN_LOCK DriverReinitListLock;
 static LIST_ENTRY GroupListHead = {NULL, NULL};
 static LIST_ENTRY ServiceListHead  = {NULL, NULL};
 
+static UNICODE_STRING IopHardwareDatabaseKey =
+   ROS_STRING_INITIALIZER(L"\\REGISTRY\\MACHINE\\HARDWARE\\DESCRIPTION\\SYSTEM");
+
 POBJECT_TYPE EXPORTED IoDriverObjectType = NULL;
 
 #define TAG_DRIVER             TAG('D', 'R', 'V', 'R')
@@ -162,6 +165,8 @@ IopCreateDriver(
    for (i = 0; i <= IRP_MJ_MAXIMUM_FUNCTION; i++)
       Object->MajorFunction[i] = IopInvalidDeviceRequest;
 
+   Object->HardwareDatabase = &IopHardwareDatabaseKey;
+
    return STATUS_SUCCESS;
 }