diff --git a/common/recipes-phosphor/host-ipmid/files/host-ipmid.service b/common/recipes-phosphor/host-ipmid/files/host-ipmid.service
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+[Unit]
+Description="Phosphor OpenBMC IPMI daemon"
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/ipmid
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target