diff --git a/common/recipes-phosphor/host/p9-host-start.bb b/common/recipes-phosphor/host/p9-host-start.bb
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+SUMMARY = "POWER9 start host"
+DESCRIPTION = "Service to start POWER9 IPL through SBE"
+PR = "r1"
+
+inherit obmc-phosphor-systemd
+inherit obmc-phosphor-license
+
+FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := "${THISDIR}/op-pdbg-host-control:"
+
+PROVIDES += 'virtual/obmc-host-ctl'
+RPROVIDES_${PN} += 'virtual-obmc-host-ctl'
+
+RDEPENDS_${PN} += "pdbg \
+                   p9-vcs-workaround"
+
+S = "${WORKDIR}"
+SRC_URI += "file://start_host.sh"
+
+do_install() {
+        install -d ${D}${bindir}
+        install -m 0755 ${WORKDIR}/start_host.sh \
+                        ${D}${bindir}/start_host.sh
+}
+
+TMPL = "start_host@.service"
+INSTFMT = "start_host@{0}.service"
+TGTFMT = "obmc-chassis-start@{0}.target"
+FMT = "../${TMPL}:${TGTFMT}.wants/${INSTFMT}"
+
+SYSTEMD_SERVICE_${PN} += "${TMPL}"
+SYSTEMD_LINK_${PN} += "${@compose_list(d, 'FMT', 'OBMC_CHASSIS_INSTANCES')}"
+SYSTEMD_SUBSTITUTIONS += "MACHINE:${MACHINE}:${TMPL}"