diff --git a/pysystemmgr/obmc/system/__init__.py b/pysystemmgr/obmc/system/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8799b69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pysystemmgr/obmc/system/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+GPIO_BASE = 320
+
+def convertGpio(name):
+    name = name.upper()
+    c = name[0:1]
+    offset = int(name[1:])
+    a = ord(c)-65
+    base = a*8+GPIO_BASE
+    return base+offset
diff --git a/pysystemmgr/setup.py b/pysystemmgr/setup.py
index 4207620..a921e9c 100644
--- a/pysystemmgr/setup.py
+++ b/pysystemmgr/setup.py
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
 
 setup(name='pysystemmgr',
       version='1.0',
+      packages=['obmc.system'],
       scripts=['system_manager.py'],
       )
diff --git a/pysystemmgr/system_manager.py b/pysystemmgr/system_manager.py
index 93dfcba..4f9b261 100644
--- a/pysystemmgr/system_manager.py
+++ b/pysystemmgr/system_manager.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import obmc_system_config as System
 import obmc.mapper.utils
 import obmc.inventory
+import obmc.system
 
 DBUS_NAME = 'org.openbmc.managers.System'
 OBJ_NAME = '/org/openbmc/managers/System'
@@ -136,7 +137,7 @@
                 gpio_num = gpio['gpio_num']
             else:
                 if 'gpio_pin' in System.GPIO_CONFIG[name]:
-                    gpio_num = System.convertGpio(gpio['gpio_pin'])
+                    gpio_num = obmc.system.convertGpio(gpio['gpio_pin'])
                 else:
                     print "ERROR: SystemManager - GPIO lookup failed for "+name