diff --git a/meta-facebook/meta-minerva/recipes-phosphor/images/fb-minerva-phosphor-image.inc b/meta-facebook/meta-minerva/recipes-phosphor/images/fb-minerva-phosphor-image.inc
index fa5d83d..d6efc96 100644
--- a/meta-facebook/meta-minerva/recipes-phosphor/images/fb-minerva-phosphor-image.inc
+++ b/meta-facebook/meta-minerva/recipes-phosphor/images/fb-minerva-phosphor-image.inc
@@ -46,3 +46,8 @@
 OBMC_IMAGE_EXTRA_INSTALL:append = " \
     phosphor-power-control \
 "
+
+# Enable mbpoll for communication with the smart valve by modbus command
+OBMC_IMAGE_EXTRA_INSTALL:append = " \
+    mbpoll \
+"