diff --git a/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/host-ipmid/host-ipmid.bb b/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/host-ipmid/host-ipmid.bb
index 5f38eb3..ab3a1cb 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/host-ipmid/host-ipmid.bb
+++ b/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/host-ipmid/host-ipmid.bb
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 HOMEPAGE = "http://github.com/openbmc/phosphor-host-ipmid"
 PR = "r1"
 
+RRECOMMENDS_${PN} = "virtual/obmc-phosphor-host-ipmi-hw"
+
 inherit obmc-phosphor-license
 inherit obmc-phosphor-sdbus-service
 inherit obmc-phosphor-c-daemon