diff --git a/extensions/openpower-pels/host_notifier.cpp b/extensions/openpower-pels/host_notifier.cpp
index ca30340..2e132b9 100644
--- a/extensions/openpower-pels/host_notifier.cpp
+++ b/extensions/openpower-pels/host_notifier.cpp
@@ -419,4 +419,17 @@
     }
 }
 
+void HostNotifier::setBadPEL(uint32_t id)
+{
+    log<level::ERR>("PEL rejected by the host", entry("PEL_ID=0x%X", id));
+
+    auto sent = std::find(_sentPELs.begin(), _sentPELs.end(), id);
+    if (sent != _sentPELs.end())
+    {
+        _sentPELs.erase(sent);
+    }
+
+    _repo.setPELHostTransState(id, TransmissionState::badPEL);
+}
+
 } // namespace openpower::pels
diff --git a/extensions/openpower-pels/host_notifier.hpp b/extensions/openpower-pels/host_notifier.hpp
index 21bd072..01eac48 100644
--- a/extensions/openpower-pels/host_notifier.hpp
+++ b/extensions/openpower-pels/host_notifier.hpp
@@ -117,6 +117,18 @@
      */
     void setHostFull(uint32_t id);
 
+    /**
+     * @brief Called when the host receives a malformed PEL.
+     *
+     * Ideally this will never happen, as the Repository
+     * class already purges malformed PELs.
+     *
+     * The PEL should never be sent up again.
+     *
+     * @param[in] id - The PEL ID
+     */
+    void setBadPEL(uint32_t id);
+
   private:
     /**
      * @brief This function gets called by the Repository class