diff --git a/device/arista/x86_64-arista_common/pmon_daemon_control_linecard.json b/device/arista/x86_64-arista_common/pmon_daemon_control_linecard.json
index e31cf596f38..a5d08afdc36 100644
--- a/device/arista/x86_64-arista_common/pmon_daemon_control_linecard.json
+++ b/device/arista/x86_64-arista_common/pmon_daemon_control_linecard.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
     "skip_fancontrol": true,
-    "skip_pcied": true
+    "skip_pcied": true,
+    "enable_xcvrd_sff_mgr": true
 }