diff --git a/ibm_vpd_app.cpp b/ibm_vpd_app.cpp
index 262c176..ae4d1be 100644
--- a/ibm_vpd_app.cpp
+++ b/ibm_vpd_app.cpp
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@
                 props.emplace(busProp, itr.value().get<size_t>());
             }
         }
-        interfaces.emplace(inf, move(props));
+        insertOrMerge(interfaces, inf, move(props));
     }
 }
 
@@ -1294,6 +1294,10 @@
             populateInterfaces(item["extraInterfaces"], interfaces, vpdMap,
                                isSystemVpd);
         }
+        inventory::PropertyMap presProp;
+        presProp.emplace("Present", true);
+        insertOrMerge(interfaces, invItemIntf, move(presProp));
+
         objects.emplace(move(object), move(interfaces));
     }