diff --git a/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-support/nlohmann-json/nlohmann-json_git.bb b/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-support/nlohmann-json/nlohmann-json_git.bb
index adeee60..57a0bad 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-support/nlohmann-json/nlohmann-json_git.bb
+++ b/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-support/nlohmann-json/nlohmann-json_git.bb
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 
 SRC_URI = "git://github.com/nlohmann/json.git"
 
+ALLOW_EMPTY_${PN} = "1"
+
 PV = "3.0.1+git${SRCPV}"
 
 SRCREV = "ce1dccf347faf6beb2cdf06b788c01cc24e4c6ce"