diff --git a/static/obmc-flash-bmc-static-mount-alt.service.in b/static/obmc-flash-bmc-static-mount-alt.service.in
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+[Unit]
+Description=Mount the alt partitions for static layout systems
+Wants=xyz.openbmc_project.Software.BMC.Updater.service
+Before=xyz.openbmc_project.Software.BMC.Updater.service
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+RemainAfterExit=no
+
+# The alt flash may be empty or contain invalid data so the mount could fail.
+# So prepend with `-` to ignore such failures
+ExecStart=-/usr/bin/obmc-flash-bmc static-altfs squashfs alt-rofs rofs-alt
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target