diff --git a/scripts/writesensor.mako.cpp b/scripts/writesensor.mako.cpp
index 2c8c0e4..7123c37 100644
--- a/scripts/writesensor.mako.cpp
+++ b/scripts/writesensor.mako.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 namespace ipmi {
 namespace sensor {
 
-extern const IdInfoMap sensors = {
+extern const IdInfoMap __attribute__((init_priority(101))) sensors = {
 % for key in sensorDict.keys():
    % if key:
 {${key},{