diff --git a/common/recipes-phosphor/state/files/xyz.openbmc_project.State.BMC.service b/common/recipes-phosphor/state/files/xyz.openbmc_project.State.BMC.service
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+[Unit]
+Description=Phosphor BMC State Manager
+Wants=mapper-wait@-org-openbmc-managers-System.service
+After=mapper-wait@-org-openbmc-managers-System.service
+Before=mapper-wait@-xyz-openbmc_project-state-bmc.service
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart={sbindir}/phosphor-bmc-state-manager
+Restart=always
+Type=dbus
+BusName={BUSNAME}
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy={SYSTEMD_DEFAULT_TARGET}