diff --git a/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-net/phosphor-ipmi-net.service b/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-net/phosphor-ipmi-net.service
index b1f51dc..2d61b90 100644
--- a/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-net/phosphor-ipmi-net.service
+++ b/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-net/phosphor-ipmi-net.service
@@ -14,3 +14,6 @@
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/env netipmid
 SyslogIdentifier=netipmid
 Restart=always
+RuntimeDirectory = ipmi
+RuntimeDirectoryPreserve = yes
+StateDirectory = ipmi