diff --git a/log_manager.cpp b/log_manager.cpp
index b094c0e..21111a0 100644
--- a/log_manager.cpp
+++ b/log_manager.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@
 #include "elog_entry.hpp"
 #include <phosphor-logging/log.hpp>
 #include "log_manager.hpp"
+#include "elog_meta.hpp"
+
+using namespace phosphor::logging;
+extern const std::map<metadata::Metadata,
+                      std::function<metadata::associations::Type>> meta;
 
 namespace phosphor
 {
@@ -127,7 +132,10 @@
                 std::chrono::system_clock::now().time_since_epoch()).count();
     auto objPath =  std::string(OBJ_ENTRY) + '/' +
             std::to_string(entryId);
+
     AssociationList objects {};
+    processMetadata(errMsg, additionalData, objects);
+
     entries.insert(std::make_pair(entryId, std::make_unique<Entry>(
             busLog,
             objPath,
@@ -140,5 +148,26 @@
     return;
 }
 
+void Manager::processMetadata(const std::string& errorName,
+                              const std::vector<std::string>& additionalData,
+                              AssociationList& objects) const
+{
+    // additionalData is a list of "metadata=value"
+    constexpr auto separator = '=';
+    for(const auto& entry: additionalData)
+    {
+        auto found = entry.find(separator);
+        if(std::string::npos != found)
+        {
+            auto metadata = entry.substr(0, found);
+            auto iter = meta.find(metadata);
+            if(meta.end() != iter)
+            {
+                (iter->second)(metadata, additionalData, objects);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 } // namespace logging
 } // namepsace phosphor
diff --git a/log_manager.hpp b/log_manager.hpp
index 43070ff..285b337 100644
--- a/log_manager.hpp
+++ b/log_manager.hpp
@@ -57,6 +57,16 @@
 
 
     private:
+        /** @brief Call metadata handler(s), if any. Handlers may create
+         *         associations.
+         *  @param[in] errorName - name of the error
+         *  @param[in] additionalData - list of metadata (in key=value format)
+         *  @param[out] objects - list of error's association objects
+         */
+        void processMetadata(const std::string& errorName,
+                             const std::vector<std::string>& additionalData,
+                             AssociationList& objects) const;
+
         /** @brief Persistent sdbusplus DBus bus connection. */
         sdbusplus::bus::bus& busLog;