diff --git a/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/settings/phosphor-settings-manager.bb b/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/settings/phosphor-settings-manager.bb
index 56db58b..1c30188 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/settings/phosphor-settings-manager.bb
+++ b/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/settings/phosphor-settings-manager.bb
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 DEPENDS += "virtual/phosphor-settings-defaults"
 DEPENDS += "sdbusplus sdbusplus-native"
 DEPENDS += "phosphor-dbus-interfaces phosphor-dbus-interfaces-native"
+DEPENDS += "cereal"
 
 RDEPENDS_${PN} += "sdbusplus phosphor-dbus-interfaces"