diff --git a/const.hpp b/const.hpp
index cf50452..eb4faa3 100644
--- a/const.hpp
+++ b/const.hpp
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@
 constexpr auto systemVpdFilePath = "/sys/bus/i2c/drivers/at24/8-0050/eeprom";
 constexpr auto i2cPathPrefix = "/sys/bus/i2c/drivers/at24/";
 constexpr auto spiPathPrefix = "/sys/bus/spi/drivers/at25/";
+constexpr auto invItemIntf = "xyz.openbmc_project.Inventory.Item";
 
 namespace lengths
 {
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));
     }
 
diff --git a/ibm_vpd_utils.cpp b/ibm_vpd_utils.cpp
index 42bb99a..12c9a2d 100644
--- a/ibm_vpd_utils.cpp
+++ b/ibm_vpd_utils.cpp
@@ -613,5 +613,19 @@
     return str;
 }
 
+void insertOrMerge(inventory::InterfaceMap& map,
+                   const inventory::Interface& interface,
+                   inventory::PropertyMap&& property)
+{
+    if (map.find(interface) != map.end())
+    {
+        auto& prop = map.at(interface);
+        prop.insert(property.begin(), property.end());
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        map.emplace(interface, property);
+    }
+}
 } // namespace vpd
 } // namespace openpower
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diff --git a/ibm_vpd_utils.hpp b/ibm_vpd_utils.hpp
index 6468067..11db6f7 100644
--- a/ibm_vpd_utils.hpp
+++ b/ibm_vpd_utils.hpp
@@ -260,5 +260,23 @@
  */
 string byteArrayToHexString(const Binary& vec);
 
+/**
+ * @brief Helper function to insert or merge in map.
+ *
+ * This method checks in the given inventory::InterfaceMap if the given
+ * interface key is existing or not. If the interface key already exists, given
+ * property map is inserted into it. If the key does'nt exist then given
+ * interface and property map pair is newly created. If the property present in
+ * propertymap already exist in the InterfaceMap, then the new property value is
+ * ignored.
+ *
+ * @param[in,out] map - map object of type inventory::InterfaceMap only.
+ * @param[in] interface - Interface name.
+ * @param[in] property - new property map that needs to be emplaced.
+ */
+void insertOrMerge(inventory::InterfaceMap& map,
+                   const inventory::Interface& interface,
+                   inventory::PropertyMap&& property);
+
 } // namespace vpd
 } // namespace openpower
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