diff --git a/common/recipes-phosphor/flash/phosphor-software-manager/reboot-guard-enable.service b/common/recipes-phosphor/flash/phosphor-software-manager/reboot-guard-enable.service
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+[Unit]
+Description=Enable a guard that blocks BMC reboot
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+RemainAfterExit=no
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/env obmc-flash-bmc rebootguardenable
+SyslogIdentifier=obmc-flash-bmc