diff --git a/recipes-phosphor/state/phosphor-state-manager.bb b/recipes-phosphor/state/phosphor-state-manager.bb
index 0bdfc61..97d3dc7 100644
--- a/recipes-phosphor/state/phosphor-state-manager.bb
+++ b/recipes-phosphor/state/phosphor-state-manager.bb
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 
 DEPENDS += "autoconf-archive-native"
 DEPENDS += "sdbusplus"
+DEPENDS += "sdeventplus"
 DEPENDS += "phosphor-logging"
 DEPENDS += "phosphor-dbus-interfaces"
 DEPENDS += "cereal"