diff --git a/meta-ibm/recipes-phosphor/state/phosphor-state-manager_%.bbappend b/meta-ibm/recipes-phosphor/state/phosphor-state-manager_%.bbappend
index a982e12..075cdda 100644
--- a/meta-ibm/recipes-phosphor/state/phosphor-state-manager_%.bbappend
+++ b/meta-ibm/recipes-phosphor/state/phosphor-state-manager_%.bbappend
@@ -1 +1,6 @@
 EXTRA_OEMESON_witherspoon += "-Dwarm-reboot=disabled"
+
+# The scheduled-host-transition package provides support to
+# schedule power on and off operations for the host at some
+# time in the future. IBM systems will utilize this feature
+RRECOMMENDS_${PN}-host += "${PN}-scheduled-host-transition"