diff --git a/meta-phosphor/conf/distro/include/phosphor-defaults.inc b/meta-phosphor/conf/distro/include/phosphor-defaults.inc
index f845e7a..2208b5e 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/conf/distro/include/phosphor-defaults.inc
+++ b/meta-phosphor/conf/distro/include/phosphor-defaults.inc
@@ -249,3 +249,4 @@
 PREFERRED_VERSION_network = "1.0"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_phosphor-logging = "1.0"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_phosphor-state-manager = "1.0"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_phosphor-ipmi-host = "1.0"
diff --git a/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-host_git.bb b/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-host_git.bb
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..b2c6d6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-host_git.bb
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+phosphor-ipmi-host.bb
\ No newline at end of file