diff --git a/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-net_git.bb b/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-net_git.bb
index dd686ff..c5984f1 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-net_git.bb
+++ b/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-net_git.bb
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@
 RDEPENDS_${PN} += "libsystemd"
 RDEPENDS_${PN} += "iptables"
 
+inherit useradd
+
+USERADD_PACKAGES = "${PN}"
+# add ipmi group
+GROUPADD_PARAM_${PN} = "ipmi"
+
 SRC_URI += "git://github.com/openbmc/phosphor-net-ipmid"
 SRCREV = "5e452093830644245b83a817b8dad2fdb36ea550"