diff --git a/common/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-kcs/org.openbmc.HostIpmi.service b/common/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-kcs/org.openbmc.HostIpmi.service
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+[Unit]
+Description=Phosphor IPMI KCS DBus Bridge
+After=phosphor-ipmi-host.service
+
+[Service]
+Restart=always
+ExecStart={sbindir}/kcsbridged --d="/dev/{KCS_DEVICE}"
+Type=dbus
+BusName={BUSNAME}
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy={SYSTEMD_DEFAULT_TARGET}