diff --git a/common/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-host/xyz.openbmc_project.Ipmi.Internal.SoftPowerOff.service b/common/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-host/xyz.openbmc_project.Ipmi.Internal.SoftPowerOff.service
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+++ b/common/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-host/xyz.openbmc_project.Ipmi.Internal.SoftPowerOff.service
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+[Unit]
+Description=Soft power off of the host
+Wants=mapper-wait@-org-openbmc-HostIpmi-1.service
+After=mapper-wait@-org-openbmc-HostIpmi-1.service
+
+[Service]
+Restart=no
+ExecStart={sbindir}/phosphor-softpoweroff
+Type=oneshot