diff --git a/meta-ibm/recipes-phosphor/state/phosphor-state-manager_%.bbappend b/meta-ibm/recipes-phosphor/state/phosphor-state-manager_%.bbappend
index 075cdda..4720112 100644
--- a/meta-ibm/recipes-phosphor/state/phosphor-state-manager_%.bbappend
+++ b/meta-ibm/recipes-phosphor/state/phosphor-state-manager_%.bbappend
@@ -4,3 +4,8 @@
 # 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"
+
+# IBM systems track the state of the hypervisor so bring
+# in the needed package when the host state package is
+# included
+RRECOMMENDS_${PN}-host += "${PN}-hypervisor"