diff --git a/common/recipes-phosphor/obmc-phosphor-sys/files/obmc-phosphor-sysd.service b/common/recipes-phosphor/obmc-phosphor-sys/files/obmc-phosphor-sysd.service
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+++ b/common/recipes-phosphor/obmc-phosphor-sys/files/obmc-phosphor-sysd.service
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+[Unit]
+Description=Phosphor OpenBMC system management daemon
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/obmc-phosphor-sysd
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target