diff --git a/src/entity_manager/utils.cpp b/src/entity_manager/utils.cpp
index 90d53d1..8af3dce 100644
--- a/src/entity_manager/utils.cpp
+++ b/src/entity_manager/utils.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "../variant_visitors.hpp"
 #include "expression.hpp"
 
+#include <boost/algorithm/string/case_conv.hpp>
 #include <boost/algorithm/string/classification.hpp>
 #include <boost/algorithm/string/find.hpp>
 #include <boost/algorithm/string/predicate.hpp>
@@ -12,6 +13,9 @@
 
 #include <fstream>
 #include <iostream>
+#include <regex>
+
+const std::regex illegalDbusMemberRegex("[^A-Za-z0-9_]");
 
 namespace em_utils
 {
@@ -219,4 +223,15 @@
     return ret;
 }
 
+std::string buildInventorySystemPath(std::string& boardName,
+                                     const std::string& boardType)
+{
+    std::string path = "/xyz/openbmc_project/inventory/system/";
+    std::string boardTypeLower = boost::algorithm::to_lower_copy(boardType);
+
+    std::regex_replace(boardName.begin(), boardName.begin(), boardName.end(),
+                       illegalDbusMemberRegex, "_");
+
+    return std::format("{}{}/{}", path, boardTypeLower, boardName);
+}
 } // namespace em_utils