diff --git a/meta-phosphor/classes/obmc-phosphor-dbus-service.bbclass b/meta-phosphor/classes/obmc-phosphor-dbus-service.bbclass
index 68a42ce..4066c6c 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/classes/obmc-phosphor-dbus-service.bbclass
+++ b/meta-phosphor/classes/obmc-phosphor-dbus-service.bbclass
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 inherit dbus-dir
 inherit obmc-phosphor-utils
 
-RDEPENDS_${PN} += "dbus-perms"
+RDEPENDS_${PN}_append_class-target = " dbus-perms"
 DBUS_PACKAGES ?= "${PN}"
 
 _INSTALL_DBUS_CONFIGS=""