diff --git a/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/flash/phosphor-software-manager.bb b/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/flash/phosphor-software-manager.bb
index 7a8417c..6b21a8f 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/flash/phosphor-software-manager.bb
+++ b/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/flash/phosphor-software-manager.bb
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
 FILES_${PN}-updater += " \
     ${sbindir}/phosphor-image-updater \
     ${sbindir}/obmc-flash-bmc \
+    /usr/local \
     "
 DBUS_SERVICE_${PN}-version += "xyz.openbmc_project.Software.Version.service"
 DBUS_SERVICE_${PN}-download-mgr += "xyz.openbmc_project.Software.Download.service"
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@
 do_install_append() {
     install -d ${D}${sbindir}
     install -m 0755 ${WORKDIR}/obmc-flash-bmc ${D}${sbindir}/obmc-flash-bmc
+    install -d ${D}/usr/local
 }
 
 SRC_URI += "git://github.com/openbmc/phosphor-bmc-code-mgmt"