diff --git a/utils.hpp b/utils.hpp
index 60119be..2db1d37 100644
--- a/utils.hpp
+++ b/utils.hpp
@@ -69,6 +69,127 @@
     return sdbusplus::message::variant_ns::apply_visitor(
                MakeVariantVisitor<V>(), v);
 }
+
+/** @struct CompareFirst
+ *  @brief std::pair binary comparison adapter.
+ *
+ *  Adapt a binary comparison function to a comparison of
+ *  the first pair element.
+ *
+ *  @tparam Compare - The function object type being adapted.
+ */
+template <typename Compare>
+struct CompareFirst
+{
+    /** @brief Construct a CompareFirst adapter.
+     *
+     *  @param[in] c - The function object being adapted.
+     */
+    explicit CompareFirst(Compare&& c) : compare(std::forward<Compare>(c)) {}
+
+    /** @brief Compare two pairs adapter.
+     *
+     *  @tparam L1 - First pair first_type.
+     *  @tparam L2 - First pair second_type.
+     *  @tparam R1 - Second pair first_type, convertible to L1.
+     *  @tparam R2 - Second pair second_type.
+     *
+     *  @param[in] l - The first pair.
+     *  @param[in] r - The second pair.
+     *
+     *  @returns - The result of the comparison.
+     */
+    template <typename L1, typename L2, typename R1, typename R2>
+    bool operator()(const std::pair<L1, L2>& l, const std::pair<R1, R2>& r) const
+    {
+        return compare(l.first, r.first);
+    }
+
+    /** @brief Compare one pair adapter.
+     *
+     *  @tparam L1 - Pair first_type.
+     *  @tparam L2 - Pair second_type.
+     *  @tparam R - Convertible to L1 for comparison.
+     *
+     *  @param[in] l - The pair.
+     *  @param[in] r - To be compared to l.first.
+     *
+     *  @returns - The result of the comparison.
+     */
+    template <typename L1, typename L2, typename R>
+    bool operator()(const std::pair<L1, L2>& l, const R& r) const
+    {
+        return compare(l.first, r);
+    }
+
+    /** @brief Compare one pair adapter.
+     *
+     *  @tparam L - Convertible to R1 for comparison.
+     *  @tparam R1 - Pair first_type.
+     *  @tparam R2 - Pair second_type.
+     *
+     *  @param[in] l - To be compared to r.first.
+     *  @param[in] r - The pair.
+     *
+     *  @returns - The result of the comparison.
+     */
+    template <typename L, typename R1, typename R2>
+    bool operator()(const L& l, const std::pair<R1, R2>& r) const
+    {
+        return compare(l, r.first);
+    }
+
+    /* @brief The function being adapted. */
+    Compare compare;
+};
+
+/* @brief Implicit template instantation wrapper for CompareFirst. */
+template <typename Compare>
+CompareFirst<Compare> compareFirst(Compare&& c)
+{
+    return CompareFirst<Compare>(std::forward<Compare>(c));
+}
+
+/** @struct RelPathCompare
+ *  @brief Compare two strings after removing an optional prefix.
+ */
+struct RelPathCompare
+{
+    /** @brief Construct a RelPathCompare comparison functor.
+     *
+     *  @param[in] p - The prefix to check for and remove.
+     */
+    explicit RelPathCompare(const char* p) : prefix(p) {}
+
+    /** @brief Check for the prefix and remove if found.
+     *
+     *  @param[in] s - The string to check for and remove prefix from.
+     */
+    auto relPath(const std::string& s) const
+    {
+        if (s.find(prefix) == 0)
+        {
+            return s.substr(strlen(prefix));
+        }
+
+        return s;
+    }
+
+    /** @brief Comparison method.
+     *
+     *  @param[in] l - The first string.
+     *  @param[in] r - The second string.
+     *
+     *  @returns - The result of the comparison.
+     */
+    bool operator()(const std::string& l, const std::string& r) const
+    {
+        return relPath(l) < relPath(r);
+    }
+
+    /* The path prefix to remove when comparing two paths. */
+    const char* prefix;
+};
 } // namespace manager
 } // namespace inventory
 } // namespace phosphor