diff --git a/meta-phosphor/conf/distro/include/phosphor-base.inc b/meta-phosphor/conf/distro/include/phosphor-base.inc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..345cf03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-phosphor/conf/distro/include/phosphor-base.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+require conf/distro/poky.conf
+require conf/distro/include/phosphor-defaults.inc
+
+DISTRO = "openbmc-phosphor"
+DISTRO_NAME = "Phosphor OpenBMC (Phosphor OpenBMC Project Reference Distro)"
+DISTRO_VERSION = "0.1.0"
+TARGET_VENDOR="-openbmc"
+
+IMAGE_LINGUAS = "en-us"
+
+VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_keymaps = ""
+
+# Phosphor OpenBMC uses systemd and udev
+DISTRO_FEATURES_append = " systemd pam"
+VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_init_manager = "systemd"
+DISTRO_FEATURES_BACKFILL_CONSIDERED = "sysvinit"
+VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_initscripts = ""
+
+DISTRO_FEATURES = "\
+        ipv6 \
+        obmc-phosphor-fan-mgmt \
+        obmc-phosphor-chassis-mgmt \
+        obmc-phosphor-flash-mgmt \
+        obmc-phosphor-user-mgmt \
+        obmc-settings-mgmt \
+        obmc-phosphor-system-mgmt \
+        obmc-host-ipmi \
+        obmc-mrw \
+        obmc-logging-mgmt \
+        obmc-host-ctl \
+        avahi \
+        slp \
+        obmc-net-ipmi \
+        ${DISTRO_FEATURES_LIBC} \
+        "
+
+MACHINE_FEATURES += " \
+        ${OBMC_MACHINE_FEATURES} \
+        "
+
+DISTRO_EXTRA_RDEPENDS_remove_qemuarm = "packagegroup-core-device-devel"
+
+# TODO: openbmc/openbmc#12345 - Upgrade to pygobject-3.
+PREFERRED_VERSION_python-pygobject = "2.%"
+
+INHERIT_append = " obmc-phosphor-utils"
+
+include conf/distro/include/openbmc-phosphor/${MACHINE}.inc
+
+# TODO: openbmc/openbmc#1407 - Remove with RHEL6 support deprecation.
+#  RHEL6.4's kernel is too old to use the uninative-shim due to missing
+#  syscall support.  Disable uninative and set OLDEST_KERNEL back to
+#  the version in RHEL6.4.
+INHERIT_remove = " uninative"
+OLDEST_KERNEL = "2.6.32"
+
+KERNEL_FEATURES_append = " phosphor-gpio-keys"
+KERNEL_FEATURES_remove_qemuall = " phosphor-gpio-keys"
+
+IMAGE_CLASSES_append = " image_types_phosphor"
+
+# OpenBMC uses a couple recipes from meta-virtualization
+# but we do not actually want any virtualization support
+# enabled on a BMC distribution.  Silence the emitted
+# warning.
+SKIP_META_VIRT_SANITY_CHECK = "1"
diff --git a/meta-phosphor/conf/distro/openbmc-phosphor.conf b/meta-phosphor/conf/distro/openbmc-phosphor.conf
index 345cf03..de15fbc 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/conf/distro/openbmc-phosphor.conf
+++ b/meta-phosphor/conf/distro/openbmc-phosphor.conf
@@ -1,66 +1 @@
-require conf/distro/poky.conf
-require conf/distro/include/phosphor-defaults.inc
-
-DISTRO = "openbmc-phosphor"
-DISTRO_NAME = "Phosphor OpenBMC (Phosphor OpenBMC Project Reference Distro)"
-DISTRO_VERSION = "0.1.0"
-TARGET_VENDOR="-openbmc"
-
-IMAGE_LINGUAS = "en-us"
-
-VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_keymaps = ""
-
-# Phosphor OpenBMC uses systemd and udev
-DISTRO_FEATURES_append = " systemd pam"
-VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_init_manager = "systemd"
-DISTRO_FEATURES_BACKFILL_CONSIDERED = "sysvinit"
-VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_initscripts = ""
-
-DISTRO_FEATURES = "\
-        ipv6 \
-        obmc-phosphor-fan-mgmt \
-        obmc-phosphor-chassis-mgmt \
-        obmc-phosphor-flash-mgmt \
-        obmc-phosphor-user-mgmt \
-        obmc-settings-mgmt \
-        obmc-phosphor-system-mgmt \
-        obmc-host-ipmi \
-        obmc-mrw \
-        obmc-logging-mgmt \
-        obmc-host-ctl \
-        avahi \
-        slp \
-        obmc-net-ipmi \
-        ${DISTRO_FEATURES_LIBC} \
-        "
-
-MACHINE_FEATURES += " \
-        ${OBMC_MACHINE_FEATURES} \
-        "
-
-DISTRO_EXTRA_RDEPENDS_remove_qemuarm = "packagegroup-core-device-devel"
-
-# TODO: openbmc/openbmc#12345 - Upgrade to pygobject-3.
-PREFERRED_VERSION_python-pygobject = "2.%"
-
-INHERIT_append = " obmc-phosphor-utils"
-
-include conf/distro/include/openbmc-phosphor/${MACHINE}.inc
-
-# TODO: openbmc/openbmc#1407 - Remove with RHEL6 support deprecation.
-#  RHEL6.4's kernel is too old to use the uninative-shim due to missing
-#  syscall support.  Disable uninative and set OLDEST_KERNEL back to
-#  the version in RHEL6.4.
-INHERIT_remove = " uninative"
-OLDEST_KERNEL = "2.6.32"
-
-KERNEL_FEATURES_append = " phosphor-gpio-keys"
-KERNEL_FEATURES_remove_qemuall = " phosphor-gpio-keys"
-
-IMAGE_CLASSES_append = " image_types_phosphor"
-
-# OpenBMC uses a couple recipes from meta-virtualization
-# but we do not actually want any virtualization support
-# enabled on a BMC distribution.  Silence the emitted
-# warning.
-SKIP_META_VIRT_SANITY_CHECK = "1"
+require conf/distro/include/phosphor-base.inc