diff --git a/pyinventorymgr/inventory_items.py b/pyinventorymgr/inventory_items.py
index d6d3d1d..41e3093 100644
--- a/pyinventorymgr/inventory_items.py
+++ b/pyinventorymgr/inventory_items.py
@@ -84,6 +84,17 @@
     bus = get_dbus()
     mainloop = gobject.MainLoop()
     obj_parent = Inventory(bus, '/org/openbmc/inventory')
+    INVENTORY_FILE = os.path.join(sys.prefix, 'share',
+                                  'inventory', 'inventory.json')
+
+    if os.path.exists(INVENTORY_FILE):
+        with open(INVENTORY_FILE, 'r') as f:
+            try:
+                inv = json.load(f)
+            except ValueError:
+                print "Invalid JSON detected in " + INVENTORY_FILE
+            else:
+                FRUS = inv
 
     for f in FRUS.keys():
         obj_path = f.replace("<inventory_root>", System.INVENTORY_ROOT)