diff --git a/meta-openbmc-machines/meta-openpower/classes/openpower-fru-vpd.bbclass b/meta-openbmc-machines/meta-openpower/classes/openpower-fru-vpd.bbclass
index 8de966f..19f34e0 100644
--- a/meta-openbmc-machines/meta-openpower/classes/openpower-fru-vpd.bbclass
+++ b/meta-openbmc-machines/meta-openpower/classes/openpower-fru-vpd.bbclass
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 vpdlayout_datadir="${datadir}/openpower-fru-vpd/vpdlayout"
+inventory_datadir_name="/openpower-fru-inventory/inventory"
+inventory_datadir_native="${datadir}${inventory_datadir_name}"
diff --git a/meta-openbmc-machines/meta-openpower/common/recipes-phosphor/vpd/openpower-fru-inventory-example-native.bb b/meta-openbmc-machines/meta-openpower/common/recipes-phosphor/vpd/openpower-fru-inventory-example-native.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f9bd05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-openbmc-machines/meta-openpower/common/recipes-phosphor/vpd/openpower-fru-inventory-example-native.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+SUMMARY = "Inventory config for openpower-vpd-parser"
+PR = "r1"
+
+inherit native
+inherit obmc-phosphor-license
+inherit openpower-fru-vpd
+
+SRC_URI += "file://inventory"
+
+PROVIDES += "virtual/openpower-fru-inventory"
+
+S = "${WORKDIR}"
+
+do_install() {
+        # This recipe is supposed to create a systemd environment file
+        # with values for FRU types and paths. This example recipe
+        # uses a pre-defined file ($PN/inventory).
+
+        DEST=${D}${inventory_datadir_native}
+        install -d ${DEST}
+        install inventory ${DEST}
+}
diff --git a/meta-openbmc-machines/meta-openpower/common/recipes-phosphor/vpd/openpower-fru-inventory-example/inventory b/meta-openbmc-machines/meta-openpower/common/recipes-phosphor/vpd/openpower-fru-inventory-example/inventory
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f6a5e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-openbmc-machines/meta-openpower/common/recipes-phosphor/vpd/openpower-fru-inventory-example/inventory
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+FRUS=BMC
+PATHS=/system/chassis/bmc
diff --git a/meta-openbmc-machines/meta-openpower/common/recipes-phosphor/vpd/openpower-fru-inventory-mrw-native.bb b/meta-openbmc-machines/meta-openpower/common/recipes-phosphor/vpd/openpower-fru-inventory-mrw-native.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..01ed362
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-openbmc-machines/meta-openpower/common/recipes-phosphor/vpd/openpower-fru-inventory-mrw-native.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+SUMMARY = "Inventory config for openpower-vpd-parser"
+PR = "r1"
+
+inherit native
+inherit obmc-phosphor-license
+inherit openpower-fru-vpd
+
+DEPENDS += " \
+           mrw-native \
+           mrw-perl-tools-native \
+           virtual/openpower-fru-vpd-layout \
+           "
+
+PROVIDES += "virtual/openpower-fru-inventory"
+
+S = "${WORKDIR}"
+
+do_install() {
+        DEST=${D}${inventory_datadir_native}
+        install -d ${DEST}
+
+        ${bindir}/perl-native/perl \
+            ${bindir}/gen_openpower_fru.pl \
+            -m ${datadir}/obmc-mrw/${MACHINE}.xml \
+            -c ${vpdlayout_datadir}/layout.yaml \
+            -o ${DEST}/inventory
+}
diff --git a/meta-openbmc-machines/meta-openpower/conf/machine/include/openpower.inc b/meta-openbmc-machines/meta-openpower/conf/machine/include/openpower.inc
index 72a0139..ed87ec8 100644
--- a/meta-openbmc-machines/meta-openpower/conf/machine/include/openpower.inc
+++ b/meta-openbmc-machines/meta-openpower/conf/machine/include/openpower.inc
@@ -21,3 +21,5 @@
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/obmc-inventory-data ?= "${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_skeleton_workbook}"
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/phosphor-ipmi-fru-hostfw-config ?= "hostboot-inventory-config-native"
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/openpower-fru-vpd-layout ?= "openpower-fru-vpd-layout-native"
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/openpower-fru-inventory ?= \
+    "${@cf_enabled(d, 'obmc-mrw', 'openpower-fru-inventory-mrw-native', 'openpower-fru-inventory-example-native')}"