diff --git a/meta-phosphor/classes/phosphor-ipmi-fru.bbclass b/meta-phosphor/classes/phosphor-ipmi-fru.bbclass
index 9c0d227..d833eaf 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/classes/phosphor-ipmi-fru.bbclass
+++ b/meta-phosphor/classes/phosphor-ipmi-fru.bbclass
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 hostfw_datadir="${datadir}/phosphor-ipmi-fru/hostfw"
 inventory_datadir="${datadir}/phosphor-ipmi-fru/inventory"
 config_datadir="${datadir}/phosphor-ipmi-fru/config"
+properties_datadir="${datadir}/phosphor-ipmi-fru/properties"