diff --git a/hal/src/main/native/sim/PowerDistribution.cpp b/hal/src/main/native/sim/PowerDistribution.cpp
index 85646cfab9..47073750b7 100644
--- a/hal/src/main/native/sim/PowerDistribution.cpp
+++ b/hal/src/main/native/sim/PowerDistribution.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,19 @@ extern "C" {
 HAL_PowerDistributionHandle HAL_InitializePowerDistribution(
     int32_t module, HAL_PowerDistributionType type,
     const char* allocationLocation, int32_t* status) {
+  if (type == HAL_PowerDistributionType_kAutomatic) {
+    if (module != HAL_DEFAULT_POWER_DISTRIBUTION_MODULE) {
+      *status = PARAMETER_OUT_OF_RANGE;
+      hal::SetLastError(
+          status, "Automatic PowerDistributionType must have default module");
+      return HAL_kInvalidHandle;
+    }
+
+    // TODO Make this not matter
+    type = HAL_PowerDistributionType_kCTRE;
+    module = 0;
+  }
+
   if (!HAL_CheckPowerDistributionModule(module, type)) {
     *status = PARAMETER_OUT_OF_RANGE;
     hal::SetLastError(status, fmt::format("Invalid pdp module {}", module));