diff --git a/meta-phosphor/classes/config-in-skeleton.bbclass b/meta-phosphor/classes/config-in-skeleton.bbclass
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..33266be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-phosphor/classes/config-in-skeleton.bbclass
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# In general this class should only be used by board layers
+# that keep their machine-readable-workbook in the skeleton repository.
+
+inherit allarch
+inherit setuptools
+
+SRC_URI += "git://github.com/openbmc/skeleton;subpath=configs"
+S = "${WORKDIR}/configs"
+
+python() {
+	machine = d.getVar('MACHINE', True).capitalize() + '.py'
+	d.setVar('_config_in_skeleton', machine)
+}
+
+do_make_setup() {
+        cp ${S}/${_config_in_skeleton} \
+                ${S}/obmc_system_config.py
+        cat <<EOF > ${S}/setup.py
+from distutils.core import setup
+
+setup(name='${BPN}',
+    version='${PR}',
+    py_modules=['obmc_system_config'],
+    )
+EOF
+}
+
+addtask make_setup after do_patch before do_configure
diff --git a/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/skeleton/skeleton.bb b/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/skeleton/skeleton.bb
index eb45a40..9762792 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/skeleton/skeleton.bb
+++ b/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/skeleton/skeleton.bb
@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@
 inherit pythonnative
 inherit python-dir
 
+VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_skeleton_workbook ?= ""
+
 DEPENDS += "glib-2.0 systemd"
-RDEPENDS_${PN} += "python-subprocess python-compression libsystemd"
+RDEPENDS_${PN} += "python-subprocess python-compression libsystemd ${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_skeleton_workbook}"
 SRC_URI += "git://github.com/openbmc/skeleton"
 
 FILES_${PN} += "${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}/*"
@@ -41,7 +43,7 @@
 
 do_install() {
         oe_runmake -C git install \
-		PYTHON=${PYTHON} \
-		DESTDIR=${D} \
-		PREFIX=/usr
+                PYTHON=${PYTHON} \
+                DESTDIR=${D} \
+                PREFIX=/usr
 }
diff --git a/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/skeleton/skeleton/skeleton.service b/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/skeleton/skeleton/skeleton.service
index b001abf..35b6e6c 100755
--- a/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/skeleton/skeleton/skeleton.service
+++ b/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/skeleton/skeleton/skeleton.service
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 [Service]
 Restart=always
-ExecStart=/usr/sbin/system_manager.py Palmetto
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/system_manager.py
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target