diff --git a/item_updater.cpp b/item_updater.cpp
index e8196af..ac95219 100644
--- a/item_updater.cpp
+++ b/item_updater.cpp
@@ -748,6 +748,40 @@
     return valid;
 }
 
+#ifdef HOST_BIOS_UPGRADE
+void ItemUpdater::createBIOSObject()
+{
+    std::string path = BIOS_OBJPATH;
+    // Get version id from last item in the path
+    auto pos = path.rfind("/");
+    if (pos == std::string::npos)
+    {
+        log<level::ERR>("No version id found in object path",
+                        entry("BIOS_OBJPATH=%s", path.c_str()));
+        return;
+    }
+
+    createActiveAssociation(path);
+    createFunctionalAssociation(path);
+
+    auto versionId = path.substr(pos + 1);
+    auto version = "null";
+    AssociationList assocs = {};
+    biosActivation = std::make_unique<Activation>(
+        bus, path, *this, versionId, server::Activation::Activations::Active,
+        assocs);
+    auto dummyErase = [](std::string /*entryId*/) {
+        // Do nothing;
+    };
+    biosVersion = std::make_unique<VersionClass>(
+        bus, path, version, VersionPurpose::Host, "", "",
+        std::bind(dummyErase, std::placeholders::_1));
+    biosVersion->deleteObject =
+        std::make_unique<phosphor::software::manager::Delete>(bus, path,
+                                                              *biosVersion);
+}
+#endif
+
 } // namespace updater
 } // namespace software
 } // namespace phosphor
diff --git a/item_updater.hpp b/item_updater.hpp
index 721d371..b2185b9 100644
--- a/item_updater.hpp
+++ b/item_updater.hpp
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@
         setBMCInventoryPath();
         processBMCImage();
         restoreFieldModeStatus();
+#ifdef HOST_BIOS_UPGRADE
+        createBIOSObject();
+#endif
         emit_object_added();
     };
 
@@ -253,6 +256,22 @@
      */
     bool checkImage(const std::string& filePath,
                     const std::vector<std::string>& imageList);
+
+#ifdef HOST_BIOS_UPGRADE
+    /** @brief Create the BIOS object without knowing the version.
+     *
+     *  The object is created only to provide the DBus access so that an
+     *  external service could set the correct BIOS version.
+     *  On BIOS code update, the version is updated accordingly.
+     */
+    void createBIOSObject();
+
+    /** @brief Persistent Activation D-Bus object for BIOS */
+    std::unique_ptr<Activation> biosActivation;
+
+    /** @brief Persistent Version D-Bus object for BIOS */
+    std::unique_ptr<VersionClass> biosVersion;
+#endif
 };
 
 } // namespace updater
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 0e8a3c0..a6ebcc4 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@
 conf.set_quoted('BMC_MSL', get_option('bmc-msl'))
 conf.set_quoted('REGEX_BMC_MSL', get_option('regex-bmc-msl'))
 
+if get_option('host-bios-upgrade').enabled()
+    conf.set_quoted('BIOS_OBJPATH', get_option('bios-object-path'))
+endif
 
 configure_file(output: 'config.h', configuration: conf)
 
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 355773c..0877798 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -104,3 +104,9 @@
     value: '',
     description: 'The Regular expression to parse the MSL.',
 )
+
+option(
+    'bios-object-path', type: 'string',
+    value: '/xyz/openbmc_project/software/bios_active',
+    description: 'The BIOS DBus object path.',
+)