diff --git a/host_reset_recovery.cpp b/host_reset_recovery.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cd61aa9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/host_reset_recovery.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+#include <phosphor-logging/log.hpp>
+#include <sdbusplus/bus.hpp>
+#include <sdbusplus/exception.hpp>
+
+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <string>
+
+constexpr auto HOST_STATE_SVC = "xyz.openbmc_project.State.Host";
+constexpr auto HOST_STATE_PATH = "/xyz/openbmc_project/state/host0";
+constexpr auto PROPERTY_INTERFACE = "org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties";
+constexpr auto BOOT_STATE_INTF = "xyz.openbmc_project.State.Boot.Progress";
+constexpr auto BOOT_PROGRESS_PROP = "BootProgress";
+
+using namespace phosphor::logging;
+
+bool wasHostBooting(sdbusplus::bus::bus& bus)
+{
+    try
+    {
+        auto method = bus.new_method_call(HOST_STATE_SVC, HOST_STATE_PATH,
+                                          PROPERTY_INTERFACE, "Get");
+        method.append(BOOT_STATE_INTF, BOOT_PROGRESS_PROP);
+
+        auto response = bus.call(method);
+
+        std::variant<std::string> bootProgress;
+        response.read(bootProgress);
+
+        if (std::get<std::string>(bootProgress) ==
+            "xyz.openbmc_project.State.Boot.Progress.ProgressStages."
+            "Unspecified")
+        {
+            log<level::INFO>("Host was not booting before BMC reboot");
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        log<level::INFO>("Host was booting before BMC reboot",
+                         entry("BOOTPROGRESS=%s",
+                               std::get<std::string>(bootProgress).c_str()));
+    }
+    catch (const sdbusplus::exception::exception& e)
+    {
+        log<level::ERR>("Error reading BootProgress",
+                        entry("ERROR=%s", e.what()),
+                        entry("SERVICE=%s", HOST_STATE_SVC),
+                        entry("PATH=%s", HOST_STATE_PATH));
+
+        throw;
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+int main()
+{
+
+    auto bus = sdbusplus::bus::new_default();
+
+    // This application will only be started if chassis power is on and the
+    // host is not responding after a BMC reboot.
+    // TODO Wait for chassis power on target to complete
+
+    // Check the last BootProgeress to see if the host was booting before
+    // the BMC reboot occurred
+    if (!wasHostBooting(bus))
+    {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    // Host was booting before the BMC reboot so log an error and go to host
+    // quiesce target
+    // TODO Create Error
+    // TODO Move to Host Quiesce
+
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 51a2ddd..faec1e1 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -139,6 +139,15 @@
     install: true
 )
 
+executable('phosphor-host-reset-recovery',
+            'host_reset_recovery.cpp',
+            dependencies: [
+            sdbusplus, phosphorlogging
+            ],
+    implicit_include_directories: true,
+    install: true
+)
+
 install_data('obmcutil',
         install_mode: 'rwxr-xr-x',
         install_dir: get_option('bindir')