diff --git a/common/recipes-phosphor/occ/openpower-occ-control/occ-active.sh b/common/recipes-phosphor/occ/openpower-occ-control/occ-active.sh
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+++ b/common/recipes-phosphor/occ/openpower-occ-control/occ-active.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+# set and unset occ active for all occ's in system
+
+if [ "$1" == "disable" ]; then
+    value='false'
+elif [ "$1" == "enable" ]; then
+    value='true'
+else
+    echo "Usage: occ-active.sh [argument]"
+    echo "  enable  - set occ's to active state"
+    echo "  disable - set occ's to inactive state"
+    exit -1
+fi
+busctl tree org.open_power.OCC.Control --list | grep occ | xargs -n1 -I{} \
+    busctl set-property org.open_power.OCC.Control {} \
+    org.open_power.OCC.Status OccActive b $value
+exit 0
diff --git a/common/recipes-phosphor/occ/openpower-occ-control/op-occ-disable@.service b/common/recipes-phosphor/occ/openpower-occ-control/op-occ-disable@.service
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+++ b/common/recipes-phosphor/occ/openpower-occ-control/op-occ-disable@.service
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+[Unit]
+Description=OpenPOWER OCC Active Disable
+Before=obmc-host-stop-pre@%i.target
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart={bindir}/occ-active.sh disable
+Type=oneshot
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=obmc-host-stop@%i.target