diff --git a/meta-ibm/recipes-phosphor/state/phosphor-state-manager_%.bbappend b/meta-ibm/recipes-phosphor/state/phosphor-state-manager_%.bbappend
index 089d04c..71739b3 100644
--- a/meta-ibm/recipes-phosphor/state/phosphor-state-manager_%.bbappend
+++ b/meta-ibm/recipes-phosphor/state/phosphor-state-manager_%.bbappend
@@ -14,3 +14,12 @@
 # system power on if chassis power is in a bad state
 RRECOMMENDS:${PN}-chassis = "${PN}-chassis-check-power-status"
 
+# Override critical services to monitor with IBM file
+FILESEXTRAPATHS:prepend := "${THISDIR}/${PN}:"
+FILES:${PN}-bmc:append = " ${sysconfdir}/phosphor-service-monitor-default.json"
+SRC_URI:append = " file://phosphor-service-monitor-default.json"
+do_install:append() {
+    install -d ${D}${sysconfdir}/phosphor-systemd-target-monitor
+    install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/phosphor-service-monitor-default.json \
+        ${D}${sysconfdir}/phosphor-systemd-target-monitor/
+}