diff --git a/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-host/phosphor-ipmi-host.service b/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-host/phosphor-ipmi-host.service
index 3f10e11..ef24bd0 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-host/phosphor-ipmi-host.service
+++ b/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-host/phosphor-ipmi-host.service
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
 Restart=always
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/env ipmid
 SyslogIdentifier=ipmid
+RuntimeDirectory = ipmi
+RuntimeDirectoryPreserve = yes
+StateDirectory = ipmi
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy={SYSTEMD_DEFAULT_TARGET}
diff --git a/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-net/phosphor-ipmi-net.service b/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-net/phosphor-ipmi-net.service
index b1f51dc..2d61b90 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-net/phosphor-ipmi-net.service
+++ b/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-net/phosphor-ipmi-net.service
@@ -14,3 +14,6 @@
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/env netipmid
 SyslogIdentifier=netipmid
 Restart=always
+RuntimeDirectory = ipmi
+RuntimeDirectoryPreserve = yes
+StateDirectory = ipmi