diff --git a/extensions/openpower-pels/repository.cpp b/extensions/openpower-pels/repository.cpp
index 59b3eaa..7fd509b 100644
--- a/extensions/openpower-pels/repository.cpp
+++ b/extensions/openpower-pels/repository.cpp
@@ -207,11 +207,14 @@
     }
 }
 
-void Repository::remove(const LogID& id)
+std::optional<Repository::LogID> Repository::remove(const LogID& id)
 {
+    std::optional<LogID> actualID;
+
     auto pel = findPEL(id);
     if (pel != _pelAttributes.end())
     {
+        actualID = pel->first;
         updateRepoStats(pel->second, false);
 
         log<level::DEBUG>("Removing PEL from repository",
@@ -228,6 +231,8 @@
                           entry("PEL_ID=0x%X", id.pelID.id),
                           entry("OBMC_LOG_ID=%d", id.obmcID.id));
     }
+
+    return actualID;
 }
 
 std::optional<std::vector<uint8_t>> Repository::getPELData(const LogID& id)
diff --git a/extensions/openpower-pels/repository.hpp b/extensions/openpower-pels/repository.hpp
index c7cb39a..96f951c 100644
--- a/extensions/openpower-pels/repository.hpp
+++ b/extensions/openpower-pels/repository.hpp
@@ -176,9 +176,15 @@
     /**
      * @brief Removes a PEL from the repository
      *
+     * Note that the returned LogID is the fully filled in LogID, i.e.
+     * it has both the PEL and OpenBMC IDs, unlike the passed in LogID
+     * which can just have one or the other.
+     *
      * @param[in] id - the ID (either the pel ID, OBMC ID, or both) to remove
+     *
+     * @return std::optional<LogID> - The LogID of the removed PEL
      */
-    void remove(const LogID& id);
+    std::optional<LogID> remove(const LogID& id);
 
     /**
      * @brief Generates the filename to use for the PEL ID and BCDTime.