diff --git a/common/recipes-phosphor/watchdog/phosphor-watchdog/obmc-enable-host-watchdog@.service b/common/recipes-phosphor/watchdog/phosphor-watchdog/obmc-enable-host-watchdog@.service
index 7bfc2d0..b3d8d4f 100644
--- a/common/recipes-phosphor/watchdog/phosphor-watchdog/obmc-enable-host-watchdog@.service
+++ b/common/recipes-phosphor/watchdog/phosphor-watchdog/obmc-enable-host-watchdog@.service
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@
 Type=oneshot
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/env mapper call /xyz/openbmc_project/watchdog/host%i org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties Set ssv xyz.openbmc_project.State.Watchdog Enabled b true
 SyslogIdentifier=mapper
+RemainAfterExit=yes