diff --git a/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/state/phosphor-state-manager.bb b/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/state/phosphor-state-manager.bb
index 5be15b3..af6b79c 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/state/phosphor-state-manager.bb
+++ b/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/state/phosphor-state-manager.bb
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 DEPENDS += "sdbusplus"
 DEPENDS += "phosphor-logging"
 DEPENDS += "phosphor-dbus-interfaces"
+DEPENDS += "cereal"
 RDEPENDS_${PN} += "sdbusplus"
 
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-host += "libsystemd phosphor-dbus-interfaces"