diff --git a/recipes-phosphor/settings/phosphor-settings-manager/ibm_settings.override.yml b/recipes-phosphor/settings/phosphor-settings-manager/ibm_settings.override.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..33a1ec7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-phosphor/settings/phosphor-settings-manager/ibm_settings.override.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+/xyz/openbmc_project/logging/send_event_logs_to_host:
+    - Interface: xyz.openbmc_project.Object.Enable
+      Properties:
+          Enabled:
+              Default: 'true'
diff --git a/recipes-phosphor/settings/phosphor-settings-manager_%.bbappend b/recipes-phosphor/settings/phosphor-settings-manager_%.bbappend
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9dd3575
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-phosphor/settings/phosphor-settings-manager_%.bbappend
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := "${THISDIR}/${PN}:"
+SRC_URI_append = " file://ibm_settings.override.yml"