diff --git a/meta-ibm/meta-system1/recipes-phosphor/flash/bios-version.bb b/meta-ibm/meta-system1/recipes-phosphor/flash/bios-version.bb
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+SUMMARY = "YAML configuration for IBM System1"
+PR = "r1"
+LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
+
+inherit systemd
+
+RDEPENDS:${PN} += "bash flashrom"
+
+SRC_URI += " \
+    file://bios-version.sh \
+    file://bios-version.service \
+    "
+
+do_install:append() {
+    install -d ${D}/${sbindir}
+    install -m 0755 ${WORKDIR}/bios-version.sh ${D}/${sbindir}/
+
+    install -d ${D}${systemd_system_unitdir}
+    install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/bios-version.service ${D}${systemd_system_unitdir}/
+}
+
+SYSTEMD_SERVICE:${PN} += "bios-version.service"
+
+FILES:${PN} += "${systemd_system_unitdir}/bios-version.service ${sbindir}/bios-version.sh"
+
diff --git a/meta-ibm/meta-system1/recipes-phosphor/flash/bios-version/bios-version.service b/meta-ibm/meta-system1/recipes-phosphor/flash/bios-version/bios-version.service
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+[Unit]
+Description=Update current Host FW version
+After=xyz.openbmc_project.Software.Version.service
+Wants=xyz.openbmc_project.Software.Version.service
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+RemainAfterExit=no
+ExecStart=/bin/bash /usr/sbin/bios-version.sh
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/meta-ibm/meta-system1/recipes-phosphor/flash/bios-version/bios-version.sh b/meta-ibm/meta-system1/recipes-phosphor/flash/bios-version/bios-version.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+# Find the GPIO pin associated with "pch-ready"
+GPIO_PIN=$(gpiofind "pch-ready")
+
+if [ -z "${GPIO_PIN}" ]; then
+    echo "gpio 'pch-ready' not found in device tree. Exiting."
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+# Read the value of the GPIO pin
+GPIO_CHIP=$(echo "$GPIO_PIN" | cut -d' ' -f1) # Extract gpiochip
+GPIO_LINE=$(echo "$GPIO_PIN" | cut -d' ' -f2) # Extract line offset
+GPIO_VALUE=$(gpioget "$GPIO_CHIP" "$GPIO_LINE")
+
+if [ "${GPIO_VALUE}" != "0" ]; then
+    echo "PCH is not on standby. Exiting host firmware version read."
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+# Fetch the MTD device number for the specified espi flash device
+DEVICE_NAME="espi-flash-mafs"
+MTD_DEVICE_NUMBER=$(grep "$DEVICE_NAME" /proc/mtd | awk -F: '{print $1}' | awk -F'mtd' '{print $2}')
+
+if [ -n "$MTD_DEVICE_NUMBER" ]; then
+    echo "Found MTD device number: $MTD_DEVICE_NUMBER"
+else
+    echo "Error: MTD device with name '$DEVICE_NAME' not found!"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+BIOS_FILE="$(mktemp)"
+flashrom -p linux_mtd:dev="${MTD_DEVICE_NUMBER}" --ifd -i bios -r "${BIOS_FILE}"
+
+bios_version=$(strings "${BIOS_FILE}" | grep COREBOOT_EXTR | head -n 1 | awk '{ print $3}' | sed 's/"//g' | sed 's/^-\(.*\)/\1/')
+
+if [ "${bios_version}" == "" ] ; then
+  bios_version=$(strings "${BIOS_FILE}" | grep COREBOOT_VERS | head -n 1 | awk '{ print $3}' | sed 's/"//g' | sed 's/^-\(.*\)/\1/')
+fi
+
+# Clean up the temporary BIOS file
+rm "${BIOS_FILE}"
+
+# If BIOS version is found, cache it and update the BMC property
+if [ "${bios_version}" != "" ] ; then
+  if [ -f /var/cache/bios_version ] ; then
+    rm /var/cache/bios_version
+  fi
+
+  echo "coreboot-${bios_version}" > /var/cache/bios_version
+fi
+
+if [ -f /var/cache/bios_version ] ; then
+  busctl set-property xyz.openbmc_project.Software.BMC.Updater \
+      /xyz/openbmc_project/software/bios_active \
+      xyz.openbmc_project.Software.Version Version s "$(cat /var/cache/bios_version)"
+fi
diff --git a/meta-ibm/meta-system1/recipes-phosphor/flash/phosphor-software-manager_%.bbappend b/meta-ibm/meta-system1/recipes-phosphor/flash/phosphor-software-manager_%.bbappend
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+++ b/meta-ibm/meta-system1/recipes-phosphor/flash/phosphor-software-manager_%.bbappend
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+RDEPENDS:${PN} += "bash flashrom bios-version"