diff --git a/recipes-phosphor/sensors/phosphor-virtual-sensor/rainier/virtual_sensor_config.json b/recipes-phosphor/sensors/phosphor-virtual-sensor/rainier/virtual_sensor_config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6458836
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-phosphor/sensors/phosphor-virtual-sensor/rainier/virtual_sensor_config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+[
+    {
+        "Desc":
+        {
+            "Name": "Ambient_Virtual_Temp",
+            "SensorType": "temperature"
+        },
+        "Params":
+        {
+            "DbusParam":
+            [
+                {
+                    "ParamName": "T0",
+                    "Desc":
+                    {
+                        "Name": "Ambient_0_Temp",
+                        "SensorType": "temperature"
+                    }
+                }
+            ]
+        },
+        "Expression": "T0"
+    }
+]
diff --git a/recipes-phosphor/sensors/phosphor-virtual-sensor_%.bbappend b/recipes-phosphor/sensors/phosphor-virtual-sensor_%.bbappend
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..53f8905
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+++ b/recipes-phosphor/sensors/phosphor-virtual-sensor_%.bbappend
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+FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := "${THISDIR}/${PN}:"
+SRC_URI += "file://virtual_sensor_config.json"
+
+do_install_append_rainier() {
+    install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/virtual_sensor_config.json ${D}${datadir}/phosphor-virtual-sensor/
+}