diff --git a/common/recipes-phosphor/inventory/phosphor-inventory-manager.bb b/common/recipes-phosphor/inventory/phosphor-inventory-manager.bb
index 91f34f0..46a1d29 100644
--- a/common/recipes-phosphor/inventory/phosphor-inventory-manager.bb
+++ b/common/recipes-phosphor/inventory/phosphor-inventory-manager.bb
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
         sdbusplus \
         sdbusplus-native \
         autoconf-archive-native \
+        cereal \
         "
 RDEPENDS_${PN} += " \
         sdbusplus \