diff --git a/recipes.txt b/recipes.txt
index ccd19b2..834b3bf 100644
--- a/recipes.txt
+++ b/recipes.txt
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@
                        core. May be needed for full tool functionality or LSB compliance.
 recipes-kernel       - The kernel and generic applications/libraries with strong kernel dependencies
 recipes-phosphor     - Phosphor OpenBMC applications and configuration
+recipes-protocols    - bbappends from recipes-protocols in the meta-networking layer