diff --git a/doc/treasures/active_checks/check_sql b/doc/treasures/active_checks/check_sql
index 846085e..d4ae70a 100755
--- a/doc/treasures/active_checks/check_sql
+++ b/doc/treasures/active_checks/check_sql
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@
 # to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St,  Fifth Floor,
 # Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
 
+# DB2 support requires installation of the IBM Data Server Client:
+#  http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27016878
+# as well as the ibm_db2 Python DBI driver for DB2:
+#  https://pypi.python.org/pypi/ibm_db
 
 import sys, getopt
 
@@ -48,7 +52,7 @@ OPTIONS:
   -p PASS,  --password PASS     Password for database access
   -d DBMS,  --dbms DBMS         Name of the database management system.
                                 Default is 'postgres', other valid values are
-                                'mysql', 'mssql' and 'oracle'
+                                'db2', 'mysql', 'mssql' and 'oracle'
   -H HOST,  --hostname HOST     Hostname or IP-Address where the database lives. Default is '127.0.0.1'
   -P PORT,  --port PORT         Port used to connect to the database
   -n NAME,  --name NAME         Name of the database on the DBMS
@@ -141,6 +145,7 @@ except Exception, e:
     sys.exit(3)
 
 
+
 #
 # database connection
 #
@@ -154,6 +159,18 @@ try:
         db_connection = db.connect(host=opt_hostname, port=opt_port, \
             database=opt_name, user=opt_user, password=opt_password )
 
+    elif opt_dbms == "db2":
+        import ibm_db  # IBM data server driver
+        import ibm_db_dbi
+        db = ibm_db
+        if opt_port == None:
+            opt_port=50000
+        cstring = 'DRIVER={IBM DB2 ODBC DRIVER};DATABASE='+opt_name+ \
+            ';HOSTNAME='+opt_hostname+';PORT='+str(opt_port)+';PROTOCOL=TCPIP;'+ \
+	        'UID='+opt_user+';PWD='+opt_password+';'
+        ibm_db_conn = db.connect(cstring,'','')
+        db_connection = ibm_db_dbi.Connection(ibm_db_conn)
+
     elif opt_dbms == "mysql":
         import MySQLdb  # mysql driver
         db = MySQLdb
@@ -226,7 +243,7 @@ except Exception, e:
     sys.exit(3)
 
 if opt_verbose:
-    sys.stderr.write("\nSQL Result:\n %s\n\n" % result)
+    sys.stderr.write("\nSQL Result:\n %s\n\n" % str(result))
 
 #
 # processing of result