diff --git a/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-host/phosphor-ipmi-host.service b/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-host/phosphor-ipmi-host.service
index 3f10e11..ef24bd0 100644
--- a/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-host/phosphor-ipmi-host.service
+++ b/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-host/phosphor-ipmi-host.service
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
 Restart=always
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/env ipmid
 SyslogIdentifier=ipmid
+RuntimeDirectory = ipmi
+RuntimeDirectoryPreserve = yes
+StateDirectory = ipmi
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy={SYSTEMD_DEFAULT_TARGET}