diff --git a/meta-facebook/recipes-fb/obmc_functions/fb-common-functions_0.1.bb b/meta-facebook/recipes-fb/obmc_functions/fb-common-functions_0.1.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab50539
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-facebook/recipes-fb/obmc_functions/fb-common-functions_0.1.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
+
+RDEPENDS:${PN} += " bash"
+
+SRC_URI += " \
+    file://fb-common-functions \
+    "
+
+do_install() {
+    install -d ${D}${libexecdir}
+    install -m 0755 ${WORKDIR}/fb-common-functions ${D}${libexecdir}
+}
diff --git a/meta-facebook/recipes-fb/obmc_functions/files/fb-common-functions b/meta-facebook/recipes-fb/obmc_functions/files/fb-common-functions
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b04332a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-facebook/recipes-fb/obmc_functions/files/fb-common-functions
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+get_gpio()
+{
+    local NET_NAME=$1
+    local RET_VAL
+
+    mapfile -t -d " " GPIO_INFO < <(gpiofind "$NET_NAME")
+    if [ "${#GPIO_INFO[@]}" -ne 2 ]; then
+        echo "get_gpio: can not find gpio, $NET_NAME" >&2
+        return 1
+    fi
+    if ! RET_VAL=$(gpioget "${GPIO_INFO[0]}" "${GPIO_INFO[1]%$'\n'}") ; then
+        echo "get_gpio: get ${NET_NAME} failed" >&2
+        return 1
+    fi
+    echo "${RET_VAL}"
+    return 0
+}
+
+set_gpio()
+{
+    local NET_NAME=$1
+    local OUT_VAL=$2
+    mapfile -t -d " " GPIO_INFO < <(gpiofind "$NET_NAME")
+    if [ "${#GPIO_INFO[@]}" -ne 2 ]; then
+        echo "set_gpio: can not find gpio, $NET_NAME"
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    echo -n "set_gpio: set $NET_NAME = $OUT_VAL"
+    if ! gpioset "${GPIO_INFO[0]}" "${GPIO_INFO[1]%$'\n'}"="$OUT_VAL"; then
+        echo " failed"
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    echo " success"
+    return 0
+}
diff --git a/meta-facebook/recipes-fb/packagegroups/packagegroup-fb-apps.bb b/meta-facebook/recipes-fb/packagegroups/packagegroup-fb-apps.bb
index dd6eeab..e92b52d 100644
--- a/meta-facebook/recipes-fb/packagegroups/packagegroup-fb-apps.bb
+++ b/meta-facebook/recipes-fb/packagegroups/packagegroup-fb-apps.bb
@@ -64,5 +64,6 @@
         phosphor-fan-sensor-monitor \
         phosphor-gpio-monitor-monitor \
         tzdata-core \
+        fb-common-functions \
         ${RDEPENDS_PN_SYSTEM_EXTRAS} \
         "