diff --git a/util/pdbg-no-sim.cpp b/util/pdbg-no-sim.cpp
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+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// IMPORTANT:
+// This file will NOT be built in CI test and should be used for any functions
+// that require addition support to simulate in CI test. Any functions that will
+// work out-of-the-box in CI test with use of the fake device tree should be put
+// in `pdbg.cpp`.
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#include <assert.h>
+
+extern "C"
+{
+#include <libpdbg_sbe.h>
+}
+
+#include <util/pdbg.hpp>
+#include <util/trace.hpp>
+
+using namespace analyzer;
+
+namespace util
+{
+
+namespace pdbg
+{
+
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+bool queryLpcTimeout(pdbg_target* target)
+{
+    // Must be a processor target.
+    assert(TYPE_PROC == getTrgtType(target));
+
+    uint32_t result = 0;
+    if (0 != sbe_lpc_timeout(util::pdbg::getPibTrgt(target), &result))
+    {
+        trace::err("sbe_lpc_timeout() failed: target=%s", getPath(target));
+        result = 0; // just in case
+    }
+
+    // 0 if no timeout, 1 if LPC timeout occurred.
+    return (0 != result);
+}
+
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+} // namespace pdbg
+
+} // namespace util