diff --git a/lib/utils.py b/lib/utils.py
index 2443bdd..0049cca 100644
--- a/lib/utils.py
+++ b/lib/utils.py
@@ -360,3 +360,21 @@
 
     out_buf, stderr, rc = bsu.os_execute_command('cat /etc/os-release')
     return vf.key_value_outbuf_to_dict(out_buf, delim="=", strip='"')
+
+
+def pdbg(option_string, **bsu_options):
+    r"""
+    Run pdbg on the BMC with the caller's option string and return the output.
+
+    Description of argument(s):
+    option_string                   A string of options which are to be processed by the pdbg command.
+    bsu_options                     Options to be passed directly to bmc_execute_command.  See its prolog for
+                                    details.
+    """
+
+    # Default print_out to 1.
+    if 'print_out' not in bsu_options:
+        bsu_options['print_out'] = 1
+
+    stdout, stderr, rc = bsu.bmc_execute_command('pdbg ' + option_string, **bsu_options)
+    return stdout