diff --git a/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-flash_git.bb b/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-flash_git.bb
index 92ed337..3bf7ca7 100644
--- a/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-flash_git.bb
+++ b/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-flash_git.bb
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@
 
 EXTRA_OECONF = "--disable-tests --disable-build-host-tool"
 
+# Set this variable in your recipe to set it instead of using MAPPED_ADDRESS directly.
+IPMI_FLASH_BMC_ADDRESS ?= "0"
+EXTRA_OECONF_append = " MAPPED_ADDRESS=${IPMI_FLASH_BMC_ADDRESS}"
+
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 SRC_URI = "git://github.com/openbmc/phosphor-ipmi-flash"
 SRCREV = "298930a18d01b4685aab3a7018299c7342afa028"