diff --git a/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/flash/phosphor-software-manager.bb b/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/flash/phosphor-software-manager.bb
index 5641cff..b7a1fd1 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/flash/phosphor-software-manager.bb
+++ b/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/flash/phosphor-software-manager.bb
@@ -52,11 +52,28 @@
 
 FILES_${PN}-version += "${sbindir}/phosphor-version-software-manager"
 FILES_${PN}-download-mgr += "${sbindir}/phosphor-download-manager"
-FILES_${PN}-updater += "${sbindir}/phosphor-image-updater"
+FILES_${PN}-updater += " \
+    ${sbindir}/phosphor-image-updater \
+    ${sbindir}/obmc-flash-bmc \
+    "
 DBUS_SERVICE_${PN}-version += "xyz.openbmc_project.Software.Version.service"
 DBUS_SERVICE_${PN}-download-mgr += "xyz.openbmc_project.Software.Download.service"
 DBUS_SERVICE_${PN}-updater += "xyz.openbmc_project.Software.BMC.Updater.service"
 
+SYSTEMD_SERVICE_${PN}-updater += " \
+    obmc-flash-bmc-ubirw.service \
+    "
+
+# Name of the mtd device where the ubi volumes should be created
+BMC_RW_MTD ??= "pnor"
+SYSTEMD_SUBSTITUTIONS += "RW_MTD:${BMC_RW_MTD}:obmc-flash-bmc-ubirw.service"
+
+SRC_URI += "file://obmc-flash-bmc"
+do_install_append() {
+    install -d ${D}${sbindir}
+    install -m 0755 ${WORKDIR}/obmc-flash-bmc ${D}${sbindir}/obmc-flash-bmc
+}
+
 SRC_URI += "git://github.com/openbmc/phosphor-bmc-code-mgmt"
 SRCREV = "4c1aec09c68f27fcdcf0f419c9eb08a56c3ab772"
 
diff --git a/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/flash/phosphor-software-manager/obmc-flash-bmc b/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/flash/phosphor-software-manager/obmc-flash-bmc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..16c5f32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/flash/phosphor-software-manager/obmc-flash-bmc
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Get the mtd device number (mtdX)
+findmtd() {
+  m="$(grep -xl "$1" /sys/class/mtd/*/name)"
+  m="${m%/name}"
+  m="${m##*/}"
+  echo "${m}"
+}
+
+# Get the ubi device number (ubiX_Y)
+findubi() {
+  u="$(grep -xl "$1" /sys/class/ubi/ubi?/subsystem/ubi*/name)"
+  u="${u%/name}"
+  u="${u##*/}"
+  echo "${u}"
+}
+
+ubi_rw() {
+  rwmtd="$(findmtd "${reqmtd}")"
+  rw="${rwmtd#mtd}"
+  ubidev="/dev/ubi${rw}"
+
+  # Create a ubi volume of size 4MB, that is the current size of the rwfs image
+  vol="$(findubi "${name}")"
+  if [ -z "${vol}" ]; then
+    ubimkvol "${ubidev}" -N "${name}" -s 4MiB
+  fi
+}
+
+case "$1" in
+  ubirw)
+    reqmtd="$2"
+    name="$3"
+    ubi_rw
+    ;;
+  *)
+    echo "Invalid argument"
+    exit 1
+    ;;
+esac
+rc=$?
+if [ ${rc} -ne 0 ]; then
+  echo "$0: error ${rc}"
+  exit ${rc}
+fi
diff --git a/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/flash/phosphor-software-manager/obmc-flash-bmc-ubirw.service b/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/flash/phosphor-software-manager/obmc-flash-bmc-ubirw.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cef57e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/flash/phosphor-software-manager/obmc-flash-bmc-ubirw.service
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Create BMC read-write ubi volume
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+RemainAfterExit=no
+ExecStart={sbindir}/obmc-flash-bmc ubirw {RW_MTD} rw