diff --git a/meta-openbmc-machines/meta-openpower/meta-ibm/meta-witherspoon/recipes-phosphor/dbus/phosphor-mapper.bbappend b/meta-openbmc-machines/meta-openpower/meta-ibm/meta-witherspoon/recipes-phosphor/dbus/phosphor-mapper.bbappend
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+FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := "${THISDIR}/${PN}:"
+
+MAPPER_SVC = "xyz.openbmc_project.ObjectMapper.service"
+
+MAPPER_DROPIN_DIR = "${MAPPER_SVC}.d"
+
+SYSTEMD_OVERRIDE_${PN} += "mapper-nice.conf:${MAPPER_DROPIN_DIR}/mapper-nice.conf"
diff --git a/meta-openbmc-machines/meta-openpower/meta-ibm/meta-witherspoon/recipes-phosphor/dbus/phosphor-mapper/mapper-nice.conf b/meta-openbmc-machines/meta-openpower/meta-ibm/meta-witherspoon/recipes-phosphor/dbus/phosphor-mapper/mapper-nice.conf
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+++ b/meta-openbmc-machines/meta-openpower/meta-ibm/meta-witherspoon/recipes-phosphor/dbus/phosphor-mapper/mapper-nice.conf
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+[Service]
+Nice=-5
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