diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/hv-daemons/files/hv_fcopy_uio_daemon.service b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/hv-daemons/files/hv_fcopy_uio_daemon.service
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f12c7ea1bd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/hv-daemons/files/hv_fcopy_uio_daemon.service
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Hyper-V FCOPY UIO daemon
+ConditionPathExists=/sys/bus/vmbus/devices/eb765408-105f-49b6-b4aa-c123b64d17d4/uio
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/hv_fcopy_uio_daemon --no-daemon
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/hv-daemons/hv-daemons-9999.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/hv-daemons/hv-daemons-9999.ebuild
index 52eec0223c2..6aa38618939 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/hv-daemons/hv-daemons-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/hv-daemons/hv-daemons-9999.ebuild
@@ -18,12 +18,7 @@ src_compile() {
 }
 
 src_install() {
-    if [ -f "${S}/build/tools/hv/hv_fcopy_uio_daemon" ]; then
-        cp "${S}/build/tools/hv/hv_fcopy_uio_daemon" "${S}/build/tools/hv/hv_fcopy_daemon"
-    fi
-
-
-    HV_DAEMONS=(hv_vss_daemon hv_kvp_daemon hv_fcopy_daemon)
+    HV_DAEMONS=(hv_vss_daemon hv_kvp_daemon hv_fcopy_daemon hv_fcopy_uio_daemon)
     for HV_DAEMON in "$HV_DAEMONS[@]"
     do
         if [ -f "${S}/build/tools/hv/${HV_DAEMON}" ]; then