diff --git a/meta-openpower/conf/distro/include/openpower-distrovars.inc b/meta-openpower/conf/distro/include/openpower-distrovars.inc
index 479e099..2b5c090 100644
--- a/meta-openpower/conf/distro/include/openpower-distrovars.inc
+++ b/meta-openpower/conf/distro/include/openpower-distrovars.inc
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@
 DISTRO_FEATURES_FILTER_NATIVE += "openpower"
 DISTRO_FEATURES_FILTER_NATIVESDK += "openpower"
 DISTROOVERRIDES .= ":df-openpower"
+
+PREFERRED_VERSION_openpower-fru-vpd = "1.0"
diff --git a/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/vpd/openpower-fru-vpd_git.bb b/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/vpd/openpower-fru-vpd_git.bb
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..b3ebcd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/vpd/openpower-fru-vpd_git.bb
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+openpower-fru-vpd.bb
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