diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/tasks/task-base.bb b/meta/recipes-core/tasks/task-base.bb
index 599fa4b..af49153 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/tasks/task-base.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/tasks/task-base.bb
@@ -179,8 +179,11 @@ RDEPENDS_task-base-acpi = "\
     acpid \
     libacpi "
 
+# Distro can override apm provider
+DISTRO_APM ?= "apm"
+
 RDEPENDS_task-base-apm = "\
-    apm \
+    ${DISTRO_APM} \
     apmd"
 
 RDEPENDS_task-base-ext2 = "\