diff --git a/openpower/package/hostboot/p9Patches/hostboot-0005-add-nimbus-simics-xml.patch b/openpower/package/hostboot/p9Patches/hostboot-0005-add-nimbus-simics-xml.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f2f7d0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openpower/package/hostboot/p9Patches/hostboot-0005-add-nimbus-simics-xml.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+From 56e613d9e7cb2ef6cc1ab0adfae691cfcbdcf9e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Matt Ploetz <maploetz@us.ibm.com>
+Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2016 17:06:31 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH] Add nimbus simics xml to openPower until processMrw changes
+ are in
+
+Change-Id: Iac895ed08b7e182301e223d45ce064715e459723
+RTC:143114
+---
+ src/build/mkrules/dist.targets.mk | 1 +
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
+
+diff --git a/src/build/mkrules/dist.targets.mk b/src/build/mkrules/dist.targets.mk
+index ecd4b58..0e2434c 100644
+--- a/src/build/mkrules/dist.targets.mk
++++ b/src/build/mkrules/dist.targets.mk
+@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ COPY_FILES = \
+     src/usr/targeting/common/xmltohb/attribute_types.xml:openpower \
+     src/usr/targeting/common/xmltohb/attribute_types_hb.xml:openpower \
+     src/usr/targeting/common/xmltohb/target_types_hb.xml:openpower \
++    src/usr/targeting/common/xmltohb/simics_NIMBUS.system.xml:openpower \
+     src/usr/targeting/common/xmltohb/xmltohb.pl:openpower \
+     src/usr/targeting/xmltohb/updatetempsxml.pl:openpower \
+     src/include/usr/vmmconst.h:openpower \
+-- 
+1.8.2.2
+