diff --git a/meta-ibm/recipes-phosphor/phosphor-gevent/phosphor-gevent.bbappend b/meta-ibm/recipes-phosphor/phosphor-gevent/phosphor-gevent.bbappend
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+SUMMARY = "Modifications to support Nginx"
+
+# override service and socket file to use nginx
+FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := "${THISDIR}/${PN}:"
diff --git a/meta-ibm/recipes-phosphor/phosphor-gevent/phosphor-gevent/phosphor-gevent.service b/meta-ibm/recipes-phosphor/phosphor-gevent/phosphor-gevent/phosphor-gevent.service
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+++ b/meta-ibm/recipes-phosphor/phosphor-gevent/phosphor-gevent/phosphor-gevent.service
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+[Unit]
+Description=Phosphor REST Server
+After=network.target
+After=obmc-webserver-pre.target
+
+[Service]
+Restart=always
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/env phosphor-gevent $APPLICATION --no-ssl
+SyslogIdentifier=phosphor-gevent
+Environment="PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1"
+EnvironmentFile={envfiledir}/obmc/wsgi_app
diff --git a/meta-ibm/recipes-phosphor/phosphor-gevent/phosphor-gevent/phosphor-gevent.socket b/meta-ibm/recipes-phosphor/phosphor-gevent/phosphor-gevent/phosphor-gevent.socket
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+++ b/meta-ibm/recipes-phosphor/phosphor-gevent/phosphor-gevent/phosphor-gevent.socket
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+[Unit]
+Description=Phosphor Webserver socket
+
+[Socket]
+ListenStream=127.0.0.1:8081
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=sockets.target