diff --git a/MANIFEST b/MANIFEST
index e4a9e0b..9a7654e 100644
--- a/MANIFEST
+++ b/MANIFEST
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ t/plugin_tests/auth/authnull
 t/plugin_tests/check_badrcptto
 t/plugin_tests/greylisting
 t/plugin_tests/dnsbl
+t/plugin_tests/ident/geoip
 t/plugin_tests/rcpt_ok
 t/qpsmtpd-address.t
 t/rset.t
diff --git a/config.sample/plugins b/config.sample/plugins
index b3d35e2..785c7f7 100644
--- a/config.sample/plugins
+++ b/config.sample/plugins
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@
 # from one IP!
 hosts_allow
 
+# information plugins
+ident/geoip
+#ident/p0f /tmp/.p0f_socket version 3
+#connection_time
+
 # enable to accept MAIL FROM:/RCPT TO: addresses without surrounding <>
 dont_require_anglebrackets
 
diff --git a/plugins/ident/geoip b/plugins/ident/geoip
index bfe8e30..f6b337f 100644
--- a/plugins/ident/geoip
+++ b/plugins/ident/geoip
@@ -7,27 +7,48 @@ do a lookup on incoming connections and record the country of origin.
 
 Thats all it does.
 
-It logs the 2 char country code to note 'geoip_country'.
-It logs the country name to the connection note 'geoip_country_name'.
+It logs the 2 char country code to connection note I<geoip_country>.
+It logs the country name to the connection note I<geoip_country_name>.
 
 Other plugins can use that info to do things to the connection, like
 reject or greylist.
 
 =cut
 
-use Geo::IP;
+use strict;
+use warnings;
 
-sub hook_connect {
-    my ($self) = @_;
+use Qpsmtpd::Constants;
+#use Geo::IP;  # eval'ed in register()
 
-    my $geoip = Geo::IP->new(GEOIP_STANDARD);
+sub register {
+    my $self = shift;
+    eval 'use Geo::IP';
+    if ( $@ ) {
+        warn "could not load Geo::IP";
+        $self->log( LOGERROR, "could not load Geo::IP" );
+        return;
+    };
+
+    $self->register_hook( 'connect', 'connect_handler' );
+};
+
+sub connect_handler {
+    my $self = shift;
+
+    my $geoip = Geo::IP->new();
     my $remote_ip = $self->qp->connection->remote_ip;
 
-    my $c_code = $geoip->country_code_by_addr( $remote_ip )
-        or return DECLINED;  # if this fails, so too will name
-    my $c_name = $geoip->country_name_by_addr( $remote_ip );
+    my $c_code = $geoip->country_code_by_addr( $remote_ip ) or do {
+        $self->log( LOGINFO, "fail: no results" );
+        return DECLINED;
+    };
+
+    my $c_name = $geoip->country_name_by_addr( $remote_ip );
+    if ( $c_name ) {
+        $self->qp->connection->notes('geoip_country_name', $c_name);
+    };
 
-    $self->qp->connection->notes('geoip_country_name', $c_name);
     $self->qp->connection->notes('geoip_country', $c_code);
 
     my $message  = $c_code;
diff --git a/t/plugin_tests/auth/auth_vpopmail b/t/plugin_tests/auth/auth_vpopmail
index 11cbdfa..fb9c724 100644
--- a/t/plugin_tests/auth/auth_vpopmail
+++ b/t/plugin_tests/auth/auth_vpopmail
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 #!perl -w
 
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use Qpsmtpd::Constants;
+
 sub register_tests {
     my $self = shift;
 
@@ -17,7 +22,7 @@ sub test_auth_vpopmail {
     my $self = shift;
 
     if ( ! $self->test_vpopmail_module ) {
-        $self->log(LOGERROR, "vpopmail plugin not configured" );
+        warn "vpopmail plugin not configured\n";
         foreach ( 0..2) { ok( 1, "test_auth_vpopmail, skipped") };
         return;
     };
diff --git a/t/plugin_tests/ident/geoip b/t/plugin_tests/ident/geoip
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c5f59ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/plugin_tests/ident/geoip
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!perl -w
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use Qpsmtpd::Constants;
+
+sub register_tests {
+    my $self = shift;
+
+    eval 'use Geo::IP';
+    if ( $@ ) {
+        warn "could not load Geo::IP\n";
+        return;
+    };
+
+    $self->register_test('test_geoip_lookup', 2);
+};
+
+sub test_geoip_lookup {
+    my $self = shift;
+
+    $self->qp->connection->remote_ip('24.24.24.24');
+    cmp_ok( $self->connect_handler(), '==', DECLINED, "exit code");
+
+    cmp_ok( $self->qp->connection->notes('geoip_country'), 'eq', 'US', "note");
+};
+
+