diff --git a/boardvpd/Makefile b/boardvpd/Makefile
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+++ b/boardvpd/Makefile
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+BINS=board_vpd
+include ../gdbus.mk
+include ../rules.mk
diff --git a/boardvpd/board_vpd_obj.c b/boardvpd/board_vpd_obj.c
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+++ b/boardvpd/board_vpd_obj.c
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+#include "interfaces/openbmc_intf.h"
+#include "openbmc.h"
+
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+gint
+main(gint argc, gchar *argv[])
+{
+	GMainLoop *loop;
+	GDBusConnection *c;
+	GDBusProxy *p;
+	GError *error;
+	GVariant *parm;
+
+	loop = g_main_loop_new(NULL, FALSE);
+
+	error = NULL;
+	c = g_bus_get_sync(DBUS_TYPE, NULL, &error);
+
+	error = NULL;
+	p = g_dbus_proxy_new_sync(c,
+			G_DBUS_PROXY_FLAGS_NONE,
+			NULL, /* GDBusInterfaceInfo* */
+			"org.openbmc.managers.Inventory", /* name */
+			"/org/openbmc/inventory/items/system/io_board", /* object path */
+			"org.openbmc.InventoryItem", /* interface name */
+			NULL, /* GCancellable */
+			&error);
+	g_assert_no_error(error);
+
+	//TODO: Read actual vpd
+	g_print("Reading VPD\n");
+	GVariantBuilder *b;
+	GVariant *dict;
+
+	b = g_variant_builder_new(G_VARIANT_TYPE("a{sv}"));
+	g_variant_builder_add(b, "{sv}", "manufacturer", g_variant_new_string("ibm"));
+	g_variant_builder_add(b, "{sv}", "part_num", g_variant_new_string("3N0001"));
+	dict = g_variant_builder_end(b);
+
+	//proxy_call wants parm as an array
+	parm = g_variant_new("(v)",dict);
+
+	error = NULL;
+	g_dbus_proxy_call_sync(p,
+			"update",
+			parm,
+			G_DBUS_CALL_FLAGS_NONE,
+			-1,
+			NULL,
+			&error);
+	g_assert_no_error(error);
+
+	g_object_unref(p);
+	g_object_unref(c);
+	g_main_loop_unref(loop);
+	return 0;
+}