diff --git a/meta-phosphor/classes/image_types_phosphor.bbclass b/meta-phosphor/classes/image_types_phosphor.bbclass
index be3bbdf..64fec00 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/classes/image_types_phosphor.bbclass
+++ b/meta-phosphor/classes/image_types_phosphor.bbclass
@@ -502,11 +502,13 @@
 python do_generate_phosphor_manifest() {
     purpose = d.getVar('VERSION_PURPOSE', True)
     version = do_get_version(d)
+    build_id = do_get_buildID(d)
     target_machine = d.getVar('MACHINE', True)
     extended_version = (d.getVar('EXTENDED_VERSION', True) or "")
     with open('MANIFEST', 'w') as fd:
         fd.write('purpose={}\n'.format(purpose))
         fd.write('version={}\n'.format(version.strip('"')))
+        fd.write('BuildId={}\n'.format(build_id.strip('"')))
         fd.write('ExtendedVersion={}\n'.format(extended_version))
         fd.write('KeyType={}\n'.format(get_pubkey_type(d)))
         fd.write('HashType=RSA-SHA256\n')
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