diff --git a/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-host_git.bb b/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-host_git.bb
index f5606cb..1df091f 100644
--- a/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-host_git.bb
+++ b/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-host_git.bb
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
 do_replace_entity_default() {
     # The in-repo provided default is tailored to testing the ipmid code.
     # Replace it with a reasonable default for users.
-    cp entity.yaml ${S}/scripts/entity-example.yaml
+    cp ${THISDIR}/${PN}/entity.yaml ${S}/scripts/entity-example.yaml
 }
 
 do_patch_append() {