diff --git a/ibm_vpd_utils.cpp b/ibm_vpd_utils.cpp
index 9b5530e..b8af0ed 100644
--- a/ibm_vpd_utils.cpp
+++ b/ibm_vpd_utils.cpp
@@ -543,5 +543,27 @@
     badVpdFileStream.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(vpdVector.data()),
                            vpdVector.size());
 }
+
+const string getKwVal(const Parsed& vpdMap, const string& rec,
+                      const string& kwd)
+{
+    string kwVal{};
+
+    auto findRec = vpdMap.find(rec);
+
+    // check if record is found in map we got by parser
+    if (findRec != vpdMap.end())
+    {
+        auto findKwd = findRec->second.find(kwd);
+
+        if (findKwd != findRec->second.end())
+        {
+            kwVal = findKwd->second;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return kwVal;
+}
+
 } // namespace vpd
 } // namespace openpower
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