diff --git a/board/czechlight/common/overlay/usr/lib/systemd/system/sysrepo-persistent-cfg.service b/board/czechlight/common/overlay/usr/lib/systemd/system/sysrepo-persistent-cfg.service
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+++ b/board/czechlight/common/overlay/usr/lib/systemd/system/sysrepo-persistent-cfg.service
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+[Unit]
+Description=Persisting persistent sysrepo datastores to /cfg
+After=sysrepod.service
+Requires=cfg.mount
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+ExecStart=/bin/sh -c 'while true; do inotifywait -e CLOSE_WRITE /etc/sysrepo/data/*.startup && mkdir -p /cfg/etc/sysrepo/data/ && cp -a /etc/sysrepo/data/*.startup /cfg/etc/sysrepo/data/; done'