diff --git a/include/Utils.hpp b/include/Utils.hpp
index 85b0665..4fdbac7 100644
--- a/include/Utils.hpp
+++ b/include/Utils.hpp
@@ -142,3 +142,8 @@
         val = PowerState::always;
     }
 }
+
+void createInventoryAssoc(
+    std::shared_ptr<sdbusplus::asio::connection> conn,
+    std::shared_ptr<sdbusplus::asio::dbus_interface> association,
+    const std::string& path);