diff --git a/meta-intel/meta-common/recipes-phosphor/sel-logger/phosphor-sel-logger_%.bbappend b/meta-intel/meta-common/recipes-phosphor/sel-logger/phosphor-sel-logger_%.bbappend
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+# Enable threshold monitoring
+EXTRA_OECMAKE += "-DSEL_LOGGER_MONITOR_THRESHOLD_EVENTS=ON"