diff --git a/meta-phosphor/classes/image_version.bbclass b/meta-phosphor/classes/image_version.bbclass
index bf3ca93..17f324e 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/classes/image_version.bbclass
+++ b/meta-phosphor/classes/image_version.bbclass
@@ -26,3 +26,21 @@
     version = version.strip('"')
     version_id = (hashlib.sha512(version.encode('utf-8')).hexdigest())[:8]
     return version_id
+
+def do_get_buildID(d):
+    import configparser
+    import io
+    path = d.getVar('STAGING_DIR_TARGET', True) + d.getVar('sysconfdir', True)
+    path = os.path.join(path, 'os-release')
+    parser = configparser.ConfigParser(strict=False)
+    parser.optionxform = str
+    build_id = ''
+    try:
+        with open(path, 'r') as fd:
+            buf = '[root]\n' + fd.read()
+            fd = io.StringIO(buf)
+            parser.readfp(fd)
+            build_id = parser['root']['BUILD_ID']
+    except:
+        pass
+    return build_id