diff --git a/meta-ibm/meta-witherspoon/recipes-phosphor/host/p9-host-start.bbappend b/meta-ibm/meta-witherspoon/recipes-phosphor/host/p9-host-start.bbappend
index 4cac490..45deee5 100644
--- a/meta-ibm/meta-witherspoon/recipes-phosphor/host/p9-host-start.bbappend
+++ b/meta-ibm/meta-witherspoon/recipes-phosphor/host/p9-host-start.bbappend
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
-RDEPENDS_${PN} += 'avsbus-control'
-RDEPENDS_${PN} += 'vrm-control'
+RDEPENDS_${PN}_witherspoon_append = ' avsbus-control'
+RDEPENDS_${PN}_witherspoon_append = ' vrm-control'
+RDEPENDS_${PN}_append = ' power-workarounds'
 RDEPENDS_${PN}_remove += "p9-vcs-workaround"