diff --git a/storageaddsel.cpp b/storageaddsel.cpp
index 01147ac..82ac74b 100644
--- a/storageaddsel.cpp
+++ b/storageaddsel.cpp
@@ -241,3 +241,48 @@
 
 	return;
 }
+
+std::string readESEL(const char* fileName)
+{
+    std::string content;
+    std::ifstream handle(fileName);
+
+    if (handle.fail())
+    {
+        log<level::ERR>("Failed to open eSEL", entry("FILENAME=%s", fileName));
+        return content;
+    }
+
+    handle.seekg(0, std::ios::end);
+    content.resize(handle.tellg());
+    handle.seekg(0, std::ios::beg);
+    handle.read(&content[0], content.size());
+    handle.close();
+
+    return content;
+}
+
+void createProcedureLogEntry(uint8_t procedureNum)
+{
+    // Read the eSEL data from the file.
+    static constexpr auto eSELFile = "/tmp/esel";
+    auto eSELData = readESEL(eSELFile);
+
+    // Each byte in eSEL is formatted as %02x with a space between bytes and
+    // insert '/0' at the end of the character array.
+    static constexpr auto byteSeparator = 3;
+    std::unique_ptr<char[]> data(new char[
+        (eSELData.size() * byteSeparator) + 1]());
+
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < eSELData.size(); i++)
+    {
+        sprintf(&data[i * byteSeparator], "%02x ", eSELData[i]);
+    }
+    data[eSELData.size() * byteSeparator] = '\0';
+
+    using error =  sdbusplus::org::open_power::Host::Error::MaintenanceProcedure;
+    using metadata = org::open_power::Host::MaintenanceProcedure;
+
+    report<error>(metadata::ESEL(data.get()),
+                  metadata::PROCEDURE(static_cast<uint32_t>(procedureNum)));
+}