diff --git a/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/fans/phosphor-fan-presence.bb b/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/fans/phosphor-fan-presence.bb
index 2d5b5b8..c3cd4e2 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/fans/phosphor-fan-presence.bb
+++ b/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/fans/phosphor-fan-presence.bb
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 DEPENDS += "sdbusplus"
 DEPENDS += "phosphor-logging"
 DEPENDS += "virtual/phosphor-fan-presence-config"
+DEPENDS += "libevdev"
 RDEPENDS_${PN} += "sdbusplus"
 
 FAN_PRESENCE_PACKAGES = " \