diff --git a/vpd-tool/include/tool_constants.hpp b/vpd-tool/include/tool_constants.hpp
index 3201755..b813933 100644
--- a/vpd-tool/include/tool_constants.hpp
+++ b/vpd-tool/include/tool_constants.hpp
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
     "xyz.openbmc_project.BIOSConfig.Manager";
 
 constexpr auto KwdIM = "IM";
+constexpr auto badVpdPath = "/var/lib/vpd/dumps";
 
 // Valid IM values list.
 static std::vector<std::string> validImValues{
diff --git a/vpd-tool/include/vpd_tool.hpp b/vpd-tool/include/vpd_tool.hpp
index ed2aa00..3a8e85a 100644
--- a/vpd-tool/include/vpd_tool.hpp
+++ b/vpd-tool/include/vpd_tool.hpp
@@ -363,5 +363,13 @@
      * @return On success returns 0, otherwise returns -1.
      */
     int resetVpdOnDbus();
+
+    /**
+     * @brief API to clear vpd dump directory
+     *
+     * This API deletes all the files inside vpd dump directory and then deletes
+     * the directory from the filesystem
+     */
+    void clearVpdDumpDir() const noexcept;
 };
 } // namespace vpd