diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 9373ea2..9027e47 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -13,12 +13,17 @@
 			 manager.cpp \
 			 process.cpp \
 			 crc.cpp \
+			 utils.cpp \
 			 $(HANDLERS)
 
 libblobcmds_la_LDFLAGS = $(SYSTEMD_LIBS) \
+			 $(LIBADD_DLOPEN) \
+			 $(PHOSPHOR_LOGGING_LIBS) \
+			 -lstdc++fs \
                          -version-info 0:0:0 -shared
 
-libblobcmds_la_CXXFLAGS = $(SYSTEMD_CFLAGS)
+libblobcmds_la_CXXFLAGS = $(SYSTEMD_CFLAGS) \
+			  $(PHOSPHOR_LOGGING_CFLAGS)
 
 nobase_include_HEADERS = \
 	blobs-ipmid/blobs.hpp \
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 97d54d6..21fcde9 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -16,12 +16,15 @@
 AX_CXX_COMPILE_STDCXX_17([noext])
 AX_APPEND_COMPILE_FLAGS([-Wall -Werror], [CXXFLAGS])
 
-# Checks for libraries.
-AC_CHECK_HEADER([host-ipmid], [AC_MSG_ERROR(["phosphor-host-ipmid required and not found."])])
-AX_PTHREAD([], [AC_MSG_ERROR(["pthread required and not found"])])
-
 # Checks for library functions.
-LT_INIT # Required for systemd linking
+LT_INIT([dlopen]) # Required for systemd linking
+LT_LIB_DLLOAD
+
+# Checks for libraries.
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([PHOSPHOR_LOGGING], [phosphor-logging],, [AC_MSG_ERROR([Could not find phosphor-logging...openbmc/phosphor-logging package required])])
+AC_CHECK_HEADER([host-ipmid], [AC_MSG_ERROR(["phosphor-host-ipmid required and not found."])])
+AC_CHECK_HEADER(experimental/filesystem, ,[AC_MSG_ERROR([Could not find experimental/filesystem...libstdc++fs developement package required])])
+AX_PTHREAD([], [AC_MSG_ERROR(["pthread required and not found"])])
 
 # Check/set gtest specific functions.
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([GTEST], [gtest], [], [AC_MSG_NOTICE([gtest not found, tests will not build])])
diff --git a/utils.cpp b/utils.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1daa3c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#include "utils.hpp"
+
+#include <dlfcn.h>
+
+#include <experimental/filesystem>
+#include <phosphor-logging/log.hpp>
+#include <regex>
+
+namespace blobs
+{
+
+namespace fs = std::experimental::filesystem;
+using namespace phosphor::logging;
+
+void loadLibraries(const std::string& path)
+{
+    void* libHandle = NULL;
+
+    for (const auto& p : fs::recursive_directory_iterator(path))
+    {
+        auto ps = p.path().string();
+
+        if (!std::regex_match(ps, std::regex(".+\\.so$")))
+        {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        libHandle = dlopen(ps.c_str(), RTLD_NOW);
+        if (!libHandle)
+        {
+            log<level::ERR>("ERROR opening", entry("HANDLER=%s", ps.c_str()),
+                            entry("ERROR=%s", dlerror()));
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+} // namespace blobs
diff --git a/utils.hpp b/utils.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9b75a40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <string>
+
+namespace blobs
+{
+
+/**
+ * @brief Given a path, find libraries (*.so only) and load them.
+ *
+ * @param[in] paths - list of fully qualified paths to libraries to load.
+ */
+void loadLibraries(const std::string& path);
+
+} // namespace blobs