diff --git a/meta-openbmc-machines/meta-openpower/meta-ibm/meta-palmetto/recipes-phosphor/workbook/palmetto-config.bb b/meta-openbmc-machines/meta-openpower/meta-ibm/meta-palmetto/recipes-phosphor/workbook/palmetto-config.bb
index f4a326e..6fedd2d 100644
--- a/meta-openbmc-machines/meta-openpower/meta-ibm/meta-palmetto/recipes-phosphor/workbook/palmetto-config.bb
+++ b/meta-openbmc-machines/meta-openpower/meta-ibm/meta-palmetto/recipes-phosphor/workbook/palmetto-config.bb
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 PR = "r1"
 
 inherit config-in-skeleton
+RRECOMMENDS_${PN} += "virtual-system-inventory-data"
diff --git a/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/obmc-phosphor-inventory/obmc-inventory.bb b/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/obmc-phosphor-inventory/obmc-inventory.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..55cc501
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/obmc-phosphor-inventory/obmc-inventory.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+SUMMARY = "Phosphor Inventory Generation"
+DESCRIPTION = "Generates inventory data from the machine readable workbook"
+PR = "r1"
+
+S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
+
+RPROVIDES_${PN} = "virtual-system-inventory-data"
+
+inherit allarch
+inherit obmc-phosphor-license
+
+DEPENDS += "mrw-native mrw-api-native"
+
+SRC_URI += "git://github.com/openbmc/phosphor-mrw-tools"
+SRCREV = "ab015d7e2a2eb87eab2ca7d731ebcb7a873442e9"
+
+FILES_${PN} += "${datadir}/inventory"
+
+do_compile() {
+    ${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/perl-native/perl ${S}/inventory.pl \
+        -x ${STAGING_DATADIR_NATIVE}/obmc-mrw/${MACHINE}.xml -o inventory.json
+}
+
+do_install() {
+    install -d ${D}${datadir}/inventory
+    install -m 0644 inventory.json ${D}${datadir}/inventory/inventory.json
+}