diff --git a/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/fans/phosphor-pid-control_git.bb b/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/fans/phosphor-pid-control_git.bb
index 6e242ae..501a803 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/fans/phosphor-pid-control_git.bb
+++ b/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/fans/phosphor-pid-control_git.bb
@@ -49,3 +49,8 @@
 FILES_${PN}-dev_append = " ${libdir}/ipmid-providers/lib*${SOLIBSDEV} ${libdir}/ipmid-providers/*.la"
 
 HOSTIPMI_PROVIDER_LIBRARY += "libmanualcmds.so"
+
+config_datadir="${datadir}/swampd/"
+# config_path is the location swampd expects to find a json configuration.
+# the file is expected to be named config.json
+config_path="${config_datadir}config.json"