diff --git a/include/ipmid/message.hpp b/include/ipmid/message.hpp
index 9bc1147..92a0c25 100644
--- a/include/ipmid/message.hpp
+++ b/include/ipmid/message.hpp
@@ -257,6 +257,27 @@
         return packRet;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @brief Prepends another payload to this one
+     *
+     * Avoid using this unless absolutely required since it inserts into the
+     * front of the response payload.
+     *
+     * @param p - The payload to prepend
+     *
+     * @retunr int - non-zero on prepend errors
+     */
+    int prepend(const ipmi::message::Payload& p)
+    {
+        if (bitCount != 0 || p.bitCount != 0)
+        {
+            return 1;
+        }
+        raw.reserve(raw.size() + p.raw.size());
+        raw.insert(raw.begin(), p.raw.begin(), p.raw.end());
+        return 0;
+    }
+
     /******************************************************************
      * Request operations
      *****************************************************************/
@@ -518,6 +539,21 @@
         return payload.pack(t);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @brief Prepends another payload to this one
+     *
+     * Avoid using this unless absolutely required since it inserts into the
+     * front of the response payload.
+     *
+     * @param p - The payload to prepend
+     *
+     * @retunr int - non-zero on prepend errors
+     */
+    int prepend(const ipmi::message::Payload& p)
+    {
+        return payload.prepend(p);
+    }
+
     Payload payload;
     Context::ptr ctx;
     Cc cc;
diff --git a/test/message/pack.cpp b/test/message/pack.cpp
index 7fb67ba..9e88f2b 100644
--- a/test/message/pack.cpp
+++ b/test/message/pack.cpp
@@ -306,6 +306,32 @@
     EXPECT_EQ(p.raw, std::vector<uint8_t>({0b1}));
 }
 
+TEST(PackBasics, PrependPayload)
+{
+    ipmi::message::Payload p;
+    EXPECT_EQ(p.pack(true), 0);
+    EXPECT_EQ(p.prepend(ipmi::message::Payload({0x24, 0x30})), 0);
+    EXPECT_EQ(p.raw, std::vector<uint8_t>({0x24, 0x30, 0b1}));
+}
+
+TEST(PackBasics, PrependPayloadUnaligned)
+{
+    ipmi::message::Payload p;
+    p.appendBits(1, 1);
+    EXPECT_EQ(p.prepend(ipmi::message::Payload({0x24})), 1);
+    p.drain();
+    EXPECT_EQ(p.raw, std::vector<uint8_t>({0b1}));
+}
+
+TEST(PackBasics, PrependPayloadOtherUnaligned)
+{
+    ipmi::message::Payload p, q;
+    q.appendBits(1, 1);
+    EXPECT_EQ(p.pack(true), 0);
+    EXPECT_EQ(p.prepend(q), 1);
+    EXPECT_EQ(p.raw, std::vector<uint8_t>({0b1}));
+}
+
 TEST(PackAdvanced, Uints)
 {
     // all elements will be processed in order, with each multi-byte