diff --git a/bin/PropertyCacher.py b/bin/PropertyCacher.py
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+import os
+import cPickle
+import Openbmc
+
+CACHE_PATH = '/var/cache/obmc/'
+
+def getCacheFilename(obj_path, iface_name):
+	name = obj_path.replace('/','.')
+	filename = CACHE_PATH+name[1:]+"@"+iface_name+".props"
+	return filename
+
+def save(obj_path, iface_name, properties):
+	print "Caching: "+obj_path
+	try:
+		output = open(getCacheFilename(obj_path, iface_name), 'wb')
+		## save properties
+		dbus_props = {}
+
+		for p in properties[iface_name].keys():
+			dbus_prop = Openbmc.DbusVariable(p,properties[iface_name][p])
+			dbus_props[str(p)] = dbus_prop.getBaseValue()
+
+		cPickle.dump(dbus_props,output)
+	except Exception as e:
+		print "ERROR: "+str(e)
+	finally:
+		output.close()
+
+def load(obj_path, iface_name, properties):
+	## overlay with pickled data
+	filename=getCacheFilename(obj_path, iface_name)
+	if (os.path.isfile(filename)):
+		if (properties.has_key(iface_name) == False):
+			properties[iface_name] = {}
+		print "Loading from cache: "+filename
+		try:			
+			p = open(filename, 'rb')
+			data = cPickle.load(p)
+			for prop in data.keys():
+				properties[iface_name][prop] = data[prop]
+						
+		except Exception as e:
+			print "ERROR: Loading cache file: " +str(e)
+		finally:
+			p.close()
+
+