diff --git a/common/recipes-core/base-files/base-files/fstab b/common/recipes-core/base-files/base-files/fstab
index 45784b4..ba65689 100644
--- a/common/recipes-core/base-files/base-files/fstab
+++ b/common/recipes-core/base-files/base-files/fstab
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@
 overlay              /etc                 overlay    defaults,x-systemd.requires=prepare-overlay.service,lowerdir=/etc,upperdir=/var/persist/etc,workdir=/var/persist/etc-work 0  0
 tmpfs                /var/volatile        tmpfs      defaults              0  0
 tmpfs                /media               tmpfs      defaults              0  0
+/var/persist/home    /home                none       bind,x-systemd.requires=prepare-overlay.service 0  0
diff --git a/common/recipes-phosphor/mount-overlay-help/mount-overlay-help/prepare-overlay.service b/common/recipes-phosphor/mount-overlay-help/mount-overlay-help/prepare-overlay.service
index 0f48277..ae5f461 100644
--- a/common/recipes-phosphor/mount-overlay-help/mount-overlay-help/prepare-overlay.service
+++ b/common/recipes-phosphor/mount-overlay-help/mount-overlay-help/prepare-overlay.service
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
 DefaultDependencies=false
 
 [Service]
-ExecStart=/bin/sh -c "rm -rf /var/persist/etc-work && mkdir -p /var/persist/etc /var/persist/etc-work"
+ExecStart=/bin/sh -c "rm -rf /var/persist/etc-work && mkdir -p /var/persist/etc /var/persist/etc-work /var/persist/home/root"
 Type=oneshot
 RemainAfterExit=no