diff --git a/meta-fii/meta-kudo/conf/machine/kudo.conf b/meta-fii/meta-kudo/conf/machine/kudo.conf
index e438f96..f3a3757 100644
--- a/meta-fii/meta-kudo/conf/machine/kudo.conf
+++ b/meta-fii/meta-kudo/conf/machine/kudo.conf
@@ -23,3 +23,4 @@
 VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_obmc-fan-control = "phosphor-pid-control"
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/obmc-fan-control = "phosphor-pid-control"
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/obmc-system-mgmt = "packagegroup-kudo-apps"
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/obmc-host-ipmi-hw = "phosphor-ipmi-ssif"