diff --git a/meta-phosphor/conf/machine/include/obmc-evb-common.inc b/meta-phosphor/conf/machine/include/obmc-evb-common.inc
index 34d5250..0d41a1b 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/conf/machine/include/obmc-evb-common.inc
+++ b/meta-phosphor/conf/machine/include/obmc-evb-common.inc
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
-# EVBs don't have a managed system, so remove the feature.
-IMAGE_FEATURES:remove = "obmc-system-mgmt"
+# EVB systems have different packages they can support, due to not having a
+# managed host.  Enable this machine override to allow other recipes to know
+# that the machine is a special type.
+MACHINEOVERRIDES =. "phosphor-evb:"