diff --git a/common/recipes-phosphor/rest-dbus/files/rest-dbus.socket b/common/recipes-phosphor/rest-dbus/files/rest-dbus.socket
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+[Unit]
+Description=DBUS introspecting REST server socket.
+
+[Socket]
+ListenStream=3000
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=sockets.target