diff --git a/meta-ibm/recipes-phosphor/dbus/phosphor-objmgr_%.bbappend b/meta-ibm/recipes-phosphor/dbus/phosphor-objmgr_%.bbappend
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..70137b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-ibm/recipes-phosphor/dbus/phosphor-objmgr_%.bbappend
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+PACKAGECONFIG = "unit-failure-monitor"
+
diff --git a/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/dbus/phosphor-objmgr_git.bb b/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/dbus/phosphor-objmgr_git.bb
index 26d5adb..d3a1eb6 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/dbus/phosphor-objmgr_git.bb
+++ b/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/dbus/phosphor-objmgr_git.bb
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 
 SRC_URI += "git://github.com/openbmc/phosphor-objmgr;branch=master;protocol=https"
 
+PACKAGECONFIG ??= ""
+PACKAGECONFIG[unit-failure-monitor] = "-Dunit-failure-monitor=enabled,-Dunit-failure-monitor=disabled,,"
+
 SYSTEMD_SERVICE:${PN} += " \
         mapper-wait@.service \
         mapper-subtree-remove@.service \