diff --git a/common/recipes-phosphor/obmc-phosphor-example-pydbus/files/obmc-phosphor-example-pydbus.service b/common/recipes-phosphor/obmc-phosphor-example-pydbus/files/obmc-phosphor-example-pydbus.service
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+[Unit]
+Description=Phosphor OpenBMC QEMU application example
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/obmc-phosphor-example-pydbus
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target