diff --git a/receivers.json b/receivers.json
index 14176b4..ae07225 100644
--- a/receivers.json
+++ b/receivers.json
@@ -32,19 +32,15 @@
             {
                 "username": "username-1",
                 "password": "password-1",
-                "endpoint": "ipmi-sensors://my-endpoint-1",
-                "host_list": [
-                    "my-host-1"
-                ]
+                "endpoint": "ipmi-sensors://%h-ipmi",
+                "host_list": "my-host-1-[1-2]"
             },
             {
                 "username": "username-2",
                 "password": "password-2",
-                "endpoint": "ipmi-sensors://my-endpoint-2",
-                "host_list": [
-                    "my-host-2"
-                ]
+                "endpoint": "ipmi-sensors://%h-ipmi",
+                "host_list": "my-host-2-[1,2]"
             }
         ]
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/receivers/ipmiReceiver.go b/receivers/ipmiReceiver.go
index b00df96..7eecba1 100644
--- a/receivers/ipmiReceiver.go
+++ b/receivers/ipmiReceiver.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 
 	cclog "github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-metric-collector/pkg/ccLogger"
 	lp "github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-metric-collector/pkg/ccMetric"
+	"github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-metric-collector/pkg/hostlist"
 )
 
 type IPMIReceiverClientConfig struct {
@@ -319,12 +320,12 @@ func NewIPMIReceiver(name string, config json.RawMessage) (Receiver, error) {
 		ExcludeMetrics []string `json:"exclude_metrics,omitempty"`
 
 		ClientConfigs []struct {
-			Fanout     int      `json:"fanout,omitempty"`      // Maximum number of simultaneous IPMI connections (default: 64)
-			DriverType string   `json:"driver_type,omitempty"` // Out of band IPMI driver (default: LAN_2_0)
-			HostList   []string `json:"host_list"`             // List of hosts with the same client configuration
-			Username   *string  `json:"username"`              // User name to authenticate with
-			Password   *string  `json:"password"`              // Password to use for authentication
-			Endpoint   *string  `json:"endpoint"`              // URL of the IPMI service
+			Fanout     int     `json:"fanout,omitempty"`      // Maximum number of simultaneous IPMI connections (default: 64)
+			DriverType string  `json:"driver_type,omitempty"` // Out of band IPMI driver (default: LAN_2_0)
+			HostList   string  `json:"host_list"`             // List of hosts with the same client configuration
+			Username   *string `json:"username"`              // User name to authenticate with
+			Password   *string `json:"password"`              // Password to use for authentication
+			Endpoint   *string `json:"endpoint"`              // URL of the IPMI service
 
 			// Per client excluded metrics
 			ExcludeMetrics []string `json:"exclude_metrics,omitempty"`
@@ -435,10 +436,17 @@ func NewIPMIReceiver(name string, config json.RawMessage) (Receiver, error) {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 
-		// Create mapping between ipmi hostname and node hostname
-		// This also guaranties that all ipmi hostnames are uniqu
+		// Create mapping between IPMI host name and node host name
+		// This also guaranties that all IPMI host names are unique
 		ipmi2HostMapping := make(map[string]string)
-		for _, host := range clientConfigJSON.HostList {
+		hostList, err := hostlist.Expand(clientConfigJSON.HostList)
+		if err != nil {
+			err := fmt.Errorf("client config number %d failed to parse host list %s: %v",
+				i, clientConfigJSON.HostList, err)
+			cclog.ComponentError(r.name, err)
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		for _, host := range hostList {
 			ipmiHost := strings.Replace(host_pattern, "%h", host, -1)
 			ipmi2HostMapping[ipmiHost] = host
 		}
diff --git a/receivers/ipmiReceiver.md b/receivers/ipmiReceiver.md
index a82211e..cdf8e72 100644
--- a/receivers/ipmiReceiver.md
+++ b/receivers/ipmiReceiver.md
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ The IPMI Receiver uses `ipmi-sensors` from the [FreeIPMI](https://www.gnu.org/so
         "exclude_metrics": [ "fan_speed", "voltage" ],
         "client_config": [
             {
-                "host_list": ["n1", "n2", "n3", "n4" ]
+                "host_list": "n[1,2-4]"
             },
             {
-                "host_list": [ "n5", "n6" ],
+                "host_list": "n[5-6]",
                 "driver_type": "LAN",
                 "cli_options": [ "--workaround-flags=..." ],
                 "password": "<Password 2>"