diff --git a/meta-google/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-host_%.bbappend b/meta-google/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-host_%.bbappend
index 0270d87..dd186f9 100644
--- a/meta-google/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-host_%.bbappend
+++ b/meta-google/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-host_%.bbappend
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 # Neither of these are used in a gbmc configuration
 RDEPENDS:${PN}:remove:gbmc = "clear-once"
 RDEPENDS:${PN}:remove:gbmc = "phosphor-software-manager-updater"
+
+EXTRA_OEMESON:append:gbmc = " -Dget-dbus-active-software=disabled"