diff --git a/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-channel-inventory-native.bb b/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-channel-inventory-native.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..33c2aba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-channel-inventory-native.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+SUMMARY = "Sample channel configuration for phosphor-host-ipmid"
+PR = "r1"
+
+inherit native
+inherit phosphor-ipmi-host
+inherit obmc-phosphor-license
+
+PROVIDES += "virtual/phosphor-ipmi-channel-config"
+
+SRC_URI += "file://channel.yaml"
+
+S = "${WORKDIR}"
+
+do_install() {
+        # This recipe is supposed to create an output yaml file with
+        # a sample output file.
+
+        DEST=${D}${sensor_datadir}
+        install -d ${DEST}
+        install channel.yaml ${DEST}/channel.yaml
+}
diff --git a/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-channel-inventory/channel.yaml b/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-channel-inventory/channel.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..819f251
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-channel-inventory/channel.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Channel Number (must be unique) is the key
+1:
+  # ifName the ethernet device name (used in the dbus path)
+  ifName: eth0
+2:
+  ifName: eth1
diff --git a/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-host.bb b/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-host.bb
index eb3f902..8d82fef 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-host.bb
+++ b/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-host.bb
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 DEPENDS += "virtual/phosphor-ipmi-inventory-sel"
 DEPENDS += "virtual/phosphor-ipmi-fru-merge-config"
 DEPENDS += "virtual/phosphor-ipmi-sensor-inventory"
+DEPENDS += "virtual/phosphor-ipmi-channel-config"
 
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-dev += "phosphor-logging"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-dev += "phosphor-mapper-dev"
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@
         SENSOR_YAML_GEN=${STAGING_DIR_NATIVE}${sensor_datadir}/sensor.yaml \
         INVSENSOR_YAML_GEN=${STAGING_DIR_NATIVE}${sensor_datadir}/invsensor.yaml \
         FRU_YAML_GEN=${STAGING_DIR_NATIVE}${config_datadir}/fru_config.yaml \
+        CHANNEL_YAML_GEN=${STAGING_DIR_NATIVE}${sensor_datadir}/channel.yaml \
         "
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
diff --git a/meta-phosphor/conf/distro/include/phosphor-defaults.inc b/meta-phosphor/conf/distro/include/phosphor-defaults.inc
index 431ba23..2317d9a 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/conf/distro/include/phosphor-defaults.inc
+++ b/meta-phosphor/conf/distro/include/phosphor-defaults.inc
@@ -168,6 +168,13 @@
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/phosphor-ipmi-sensor-inventory ?= \
     "${@cf_enabled(d, 'obmc-mrw', 'phosphor-ipmi-sensor-inventory-mrw-native', 'phosphor-ipmi-sensor-inventory-native')}"
 
+# The phosphor-host-ipmid application is data-driven and requires an input
+# mapping of IPMI channel to DBus objects interfaces and properties.
+# This virtual is a native recipe that provides that mapping by installing
+# configuration files in the format and native sysroot location expected by
+# the phosphor-host-ipmid build process in the native sysroot.
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/phosphor-ipmi-channel-config ?= "phosphor-ipmi-channel-inventory-native"
+
 # The phosphor-logging application has a data driven plugin that adds FRU
 # callout information to error logs, when applications generating error logs
 # add the requisite callout metadata to the systemd journal.  The plugin requires