diff --git a/meta-phosphor/classes/phosphor-inventory-manager.bbclass b/meta-phosphor/classes/phosphor-inventory-manager.bbclass
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..01fa372
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-phosphor/classes/phosphor-inventory-manager.bbclass
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+base_datadir="${datadir}/phosphor-inventory-manager"
+rules_datadir="${base_datadir}/events.d"
diff --git a/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/inventory/phosphor-inventory-manager-config-example-native.bb b/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/inventory/phosphor-inventory-manager-config-example-native.bb
index 880d5ac..e59bc88 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/inventory/phosphor-inventory-manager-config-example-native.bb
+++ b/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/inventory/phosphor-inventory-manager-config-example-native.bb
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 PR = "r1"
 
 inherit native
+inherit phosphor-inventory-manager
 
 require phosphor-inventory-manager.inc
 
@@ -9,9 +10,9 @@
 
 do_install() {
         SRC=${S}/example
-        DEST=${D}${datadir}/phosphor-inventory-manager
+        DEST=${D}${base_datadir}
 
         for f in `find $SRC -type f -printf "%P\n"`; do
-                install -D ${SRC}/$f $DEST/$f
+                install -D ${SRC}/$f ${DEST}/$f
         done
 }
diff --git a/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/inventory/phosphor-inventory-manager.bb b/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/inventory/phosphor-inventory-manager.bb
index fda1d53..3d1dacf 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/inventory/phosphor-inventory-manager.bb
+++ b/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/inventory/phosphor-inventory-manager.bb
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 inherit autotools \
         pkgconfig \
         pythonnative \
+        phosphor-inventory-manager \
         obmc-phosphor-dbus-service
 
 require phosphor-inventory-manager.inc
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
 EXTRA_OECONF = " \
-        YAML_PATH=${STAGING_DATADIR_NATIVE}/${PN} \
+        YAML_PATH=${STAGING_DIR_NATIVE}${base_datadir} \
         BUSNAME=${OBMC_INVENTORY_MGR_IFACE} \
         INVENTORY_ROOT=${OBMC_INVENTORY_PATH} \
         IFACE=${OBMC_INVENTORY_MGR_IFACE} \