diff --git a/meta-google/recipes-phosphor/host/phosphor-host-postd_%.bbappend b/meta-google/recipes-phosphor/host/phosphor-host-postd_%.bbappend
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+# It's useful for debugging to have post codes written to the journal
+# while the machine is booting. Especially when host serial logs also get
+# written. This enables the verbose output of the daemon, providing
+# the logging behavior.
+do_install_append_gbmc_dev() {
+  sed -i '/^ExecStart=/ s,$, -v,' ${D}${systemd_system_unitdir}/lpcsnoop.service
+}