diff --git a/common/recipes-phosphor/host-ipmid/btbridged.bb b/common/recipes-phosphor/host-ipmid/btbridged.bb
index 5bc8fbd..56d9391 100644
--- a/common/recipes-phosphor/host-ipmid/btbridged.bb
+++ b/common/recipes-phosphor/host-ipmid/btbridged.bb
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 PROVIDES += "virtual/obmc-host-ipmi-hw"
 RPROVIDES_${PN} += "virtual-obmc-host-ipmi-hw"
+RRECOMMENDS_${PN} += "host-ipmid"
 
 DEPENDS += "systemd"
 RDEPENDS_${PN} += "libsystemd"
diff --git a/common/recipes-phosphor/host-ipmid/host-ipmi-hw-example.bb b/common/recipes-phosphor/host-ipmid/host-ipmi-hw-example.bb
index 0698372..680f738 100644
--- a/common/recipes-phosphor/host-ipmid/host-ipmi-hw-example.bb
+++ b/common/recipes-phosphor/host-ipmid/host-ipmi-hw-example.bb
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 PR = "r1"
 
 RDEPENDS_${PN} += "python-subprocess python-dbus python-pygobject"
+RRECOMMENDS_${PN} += "host-ipmid"
 
 inherit skeleton-python
 
diff --git a/common/recipes-phosphor/host-ipmid/host-ipmid-fru.bb b/common/recipes-phosphor/host-ipmid/host-ipmid-fru.bb
index 533d7ed..8051060 100644
--- a/common/recipes-phosphor/host-ipmid/host-ipmid-fru.bb
+++ b/common/recipes-phosphor/host-ipmid/host-ipmid-fru.bb
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 HOMEPAGE = "https://github.com/openbmc/ipmi-fru-parser"
 PR = "r1"
 
-RRECOMMENDS_${PN} = "virtual-obmc-host-ipmi-hw"
-
 inherit obmc-phosphor-license
 inherit obmc-phosphor-systemd
 
diff --git a/common/recipes-phosphor/host-ipmid/host-ipmid-oem.bb b/common/recipes-phosphor/host-ipmid/host-ipmid-oem.bb
index 7c315a8..87eb141 100644
--- a/common/recipes-phosphor/host-ipmid/host-ipmid-oem.bb
+++ b/common/recipes-phosphor/host-ipmid/host-ipmid-oem.bb
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 HOMEPAGE = "https://github.com/openbmc/openpower-host-ipmi-oem"
 PR = "r1"
 
-RRECOMMENDS_${PN} = "virtual-obmc-host-ipmi-hw"
-
 inherit obmc-phosphor-license
 
 DEPENDS += "systemd    \
diff --git a/common/recipes-phosphor/host-ipmid/host-ipmid-tool.bb b/common/recipes-phosphor/host-ipmid/host-ipmid-tool.bb
index 2b397aa..6fa5c28 100644
--- a/common/recipes-phosphor/host-ipmid/host-ipmid-tool.bb
+++ b/common/recipes-phosphor/host-ipmid/host-ipmid-tool.bb
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 PR = "r1"
 
 
-RRECOMMENDS_${PN} = "virtual-obmc-host-ipmi-hw"
-
 inherit obmc-phosphor-license
 
 DEPENDS += "systemd    \
@@ -14,6 +12,7 @@
 
 RDEPENDS_${PN} += "libsystemd \
                    libcrypto \
+                   virtual-obmc-host-ipmi-hw \
                    "
 
 
diff --git a/common/recipes-phosphor/host-ipmid/host-ipmid.bb b/common/recipes-phosphor/host-ipmid/host-ipmid.bb
index f71f79a..3b3d615 100644
--- a/common/recipes-phosphor/host-ipmid/host-ipmid.bb
+++ b/common/recipes-phosphor/host-ipmid/host-ipmid.bb
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 HOMEPAGE = "http://github.com/openbmc/phosphor-host-ipmid"
 PR = "r1"
 
-RRECOMMENDS_${PN} += "virtual-obmc-host-ipmi-hw"
-
 RRECOMMENDS_${PN} += "packagegroup-obmc-ipmid-providers-libs"
 
 inherit autotools pkgconfig