diff --git a/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-host_git.bb b/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-host_git.bb
index 1438eaa..314b70f 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-host_git.bb
+++ b/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-host_git.bb
@@ -71,12 +71,14 @@
         ${S}/host-ipmid-whitelist.conf \
         "
 EXTRA_OECONF = " \
-        WHITELIST_CONF="${WHITELIST_CONF}" \
         SENSOR_YAML_GEN=${STAGING_DIR_NATIVE}${sensor_datadir}/sensor.yaml \
         INVSENSOR_YAML_GEN=${STAGING_DIR_NATIVE}${sensor_datadir}/invsensor.yaml \
         FRU_YAML_GEN=${STAGING_DIR_NATIVE}${config_datadir}/fru_config.yaml \
         ENTITY_YAML_GEN=${STAGING_DIR_NATIVE}${sensor_datadir}/entity.yaml \
         "
+EXTRA_OECONF_append = " \
+        WHITELIST_CONF="${WHITELIST_CONF}" \
+        "
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"