diff --git a/extensions/openpower-pels/openpower-pels.mk b/extensions/openpower-pels/openpower-pels.mk
index 0bb9fd0..1468935 100644
--- a/extensions/openpower-pels/openpower-pels.mk
+++ b/extensions/openpower-pels/openpower-pels.mk
@@ -73,5 +73,6 @@
 	extensions/openpower-pels/tools/peltool.cpp \
 	extensions/openpower-pels/user_data.cpp \
 	extensions/openpower-pels/user_data_json.cpp
+peltool_LDFLAGS = "-lpython$(PYTHON_VERSION)"
 peltool_LDADD = libpel.la
 peltool_CXXFLAGS = "-DPELTOOL"
diff --git a/extensions/openpower-pels/pel.cpp b/extensions/openpower-pels/pel.cpp
index 0845aba..3295123 100644
--- a/extensions/openpower-pels/pel.cpp
+++ b/extensions/openpower-pels/pel.cpp
@@ -265,7 +265,9 @@
 
 void PEL::printSectionInJSON(const Section& section, std::string& buf,
                              std::map<uint16_t, size_t>& pluralSections,
-                             message::Registry& registry) const
+                             message::Registry& registry,
+                             const std::vector<std::string>& plugins,
+                             uint8_t creatorID) const
 {
     char tmpB[5];
     uint8_t id[] = {static_cast<uint8_t>(section.header().id >> 8),
@@ -286,9 +288,26 @@
 
     if (section.valid())
     {
-        auto json = (sectionID == "PS" || sectionID == "SS")
-                        ? section.getJSON(registry)
-                        : section.getJSON();
+        std::optional<std::string> json;
+        if (sectionID == "PS" || sectionID == "SS")
+        {
+            json = section.getJSON(registry);
+        }
+        else if (sectionID == "UD")
+        {
+            std::string subsystem = getNumberString("%c", tolower(creatorID));
+            std::string component =
+                getNumberString("%04x", section.header().componentID);
+            if (std::find(plugins.begin(), plugins.end(),
+                          subsystem + component) != plugins.end())
+            {
+                json = section.getJSON(creatorID);
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            json = section.getJSON();
+        }
 
         buf += "\"" + sectionName + "\": {\n";
 
@@ -355,16 +374,18 @@
     return sections;
 }
 
-void PEL::toJSON(message::Registry& registry) const
+void PEL::toJSON(message::Registry& registry,
+                 const std::vector<std::string>& plugins) const
 {
     auto sections = getPluralSections();
 
     std::string buf = "{\n";
-    printSectionInJSON(*(_ph.get()), buf, sections, registry);
-    printSectionInJSON(*(_uh.get()), buf, sections, registry);
+    printSectionInJSON(*(_ph.get()), buf, sections, registry, plugins);
+    printSectionInJSON(*(_uh.get()), buf, sections, registry, plugins);
     for (auto& section : this->optionalSections())
     {
-        printSectionInJSON(*(section.get()), buf, sections, registry);
+        printSectionInJSON(*(section.get()), buf, sections, registry, plugins,
+                           _ph->creatorID());
     }
     buf += "}";
     std::size_t found = buf.rfind(",");
diff --git a/extensions/openpower-pels/pel.hpp b/extensions/openpower-pels/pel.hpp
index ac1bddc..0e8ee1a 100644
--- a/extensions/openpower-pels/pel.hpp
+++ b/extensions/openpower-pels/pel.hpp
@@ -239,8 +239,10 @@
     /**
      * @brief Output a PEL in JSON.
      * @param[in] registry - Registry object reference
+     * @param[in] plugins - Vector of strings of plugins found in filesystem
      */
-    void toJSON(message::Registry& registry) const;
+    void toJSON(message::Registry& registry,
+                const std::vector<std::string>& plugins) const;
 
     /**
      * @brief Sets the host transmission state in the User Header
@@ -333,10 +335,14 @@
      * @param[in|out] pluralSections - Map used to track sections counts for
      *                                 when there is more than 1.
      * @param[in] registry - Registry object reference
+     * @param[in] plugins - Vector of strings of plugins found in filesystem
+     * @param[in] creatorID - Creator Subsystem ID (only for UserData section)
      */
     void printSectionInJSON(const Section& section, std::string& buf,
                             std::map<uint16_t, size_t>& pluralSections,
-                            message::Registry& registry) const;
+                            message::Registry& registry,
+                            const std::vector<std::string>& plugins,
+                            uint8_t creatorID = 0) const;
 
     /**
      * @brief The PEL Private Header section
diff --git a/extensions/openpower-pels/section.hpp b/extensions/openpower-pels/section.hpp
index bf08aa5..0d079f2 100644
--- a/extensions/openpower-pels/section.hpp
+++ b/extensions/openpower-pels/section.hpp
@@ -72,6 +72,17 @@
     }
 
     /**
+     * @brief Get section in JSON. Derived classes to override when required to.
+     * @param[in] creatorID - Creator Subsystem ID from Private Header
+     * @return std::optional<std::string> - If a section comes with a JSON
+     * representation, this would return the string for it.
+     */
+    virtual std::optional<std::string> getJSON(uint8_t creatorID) const
+    {
+        return std::nullopt;
+    }
+
+    /**
      * @brief Shrinks a PEL section
      *
      * If this is even possible for a section depends on which section
diff --git a/extensions/openpower-pels/tools/peltool.cpp b/extensions/openpower-pels/tools/peltool.cpp
index 3abdc74..983d589 100644
--- a/extensions/openpower-pels/tools/peltool.cpp
+++ b/extensions/openpower-pels/tools/peltool.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 #include "../pel_types.hpp"
 #include "../pel_values.hpp"
 
+#include <Python.h>
+
 #include <CLI/CLI.hpp>
 #include <bitset>
 #include <fstream>
@@ -205,6 +207,56 @@
 }
 
 /**
+ * @brief Initialize Python interpreter and gather all UD parser modules under
+ *        the paths found in Python sys.path and the current user directory.
+ *        This is to prevent calling a non-existant module which causes Python
+ *        to print an import error message and breaking JSON output.
+ *
+ * @return std::vector<std::string> Vector of plugins found in filesystem
+ */
+std::vector<std::string> getPlugins()
+{
+    Py_Initialize();
+    std::vector<std::string> plugins;
+    std::vector<std::string> siteDirs;
+    PyObject* pName = PyUnicode_FromString("sys");
+    PyObject* pModule = PyImport_Import(pName);
+    Py_XDECREF(pName);
+    PyObject* pDict = PyModule_GetDict(pModule);
+    Py_XDECREF(pModule);
+    PyObject* pResult = PyDict_GetItemString(pDict, "path");
+    PyObject* pValue = PyUnicode_FromString(".");
+    PyList_Append(pResult, pValue);
+    Py_XDECREF(pValue);
+    auto list_size = PyList_Size(pResult);
+    for (auto i = 0; i < list_size; i++)
+    {
+        PyObject* item = PyList_GetItem(pResult, i);
+        PyObject* pBytes = PyUnicode_AsEncodedString(item, "utf-8", "~E~");
+        const char* output = PyBytes_AS_STRING(pBytes);
+        Py_XDECREF(pBytes);
+        std::string tmpStr(output);
+        siteDirs.push_back(tmpStr);
+    }
+    for (const auto& dir : siteDirs)
+    {
+        if (fs::exists(dir + "/udparsers"))
+        {
+            for (const auto& entry : fs::directory_iterator(dir + "/udparsers"))
+            {
+                if (entry.is_directory() and
+                    fs::exists(entry.path().string() + "/" +
+                               entry.path().stem().string() + ".py"))
+                {
+                    plugins.push_back(entry.path().stem());
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return plugins;
+}
+
+/**
  * @brief Creates JSON string of a PEL entry if fullPEL is false or prints to
  *        stdout the full PEL in JSON if fullPEL is true
  * @param[in] itr - std::map iterator of <uint32_t, BCDTime>
@@ -213,12 +265,14 @@
  * @param[in] fullPEL - Boolean to print full JSON representation of PEL
  * @param[in] foundPEL - Boolean to check if any PEL is present
  * @param[in] scrubRegex - SRC regex object
+ * @param[in] plugins - Vector of strings of plugins found in filesystem
  * @return std::string - JSON string of PEL entry (empty if fullPEL is true)
  */
 template <typename T>
 std::string genPELJSON(T itr, bool hidden, bool includeInfo, bool fullPEL,
                        bool& foundPEL,
-                       const std::optional<std::regex>& scrubRegex)
+                       const std::optional<std::regex>& scrubRegex,
+                       const std::vector<std::string>& plugins)
 {
     std::size_t found;
     std::string val;
@@ -274,7 +328,7 @@
             {
                 std::cout << ",\n\n";
             }
-            pel.toJSON(registry);
+            pel.toJSON(registry, plugins);
         }
         else
         {
@@ -365,6 +419,7 @@
 {
     std::string listStr;
     std::map<uint32_t, BCDTime> PELs;
+    std::vector<std::string> plugins;
     listStr = "{\n";
     for (auto it = fs::directory_iterator(EXTENSION_PERSIST_DIR "/pels/logs");
          it != fs::directory_iterator(); ++it)
@@ -380,10 +435,14 @@
         }
     }
     bool foundPEL = false;
+    if (fullPEL)
+    {
+        plugins = getPlugins();
+    }
     auto buildJSON = [&listStr, &hidden, &includeInfo, &fullPEL, &foundPEL,
-                      &scrubRegex](const auto& i) {
-        listStr +=
-            genPELJSON(i, hidden, includeInfo, fullPEL, foundPEL, scrubRegex);
+                      &scrubRegex, &plugins](const auto& i) {
+        listStr += genPELJSON(i, hidden, includeInfo, fullPEL, foundPEL,
+                              scrubRegex, plugins);
     };
     if (order)
     {
@@ -544,7 +603,8 @@
 {
     if (pel.valid())
     {
-        pel.toJSON(registry);
+        auto plugins = getPlugins();
+        pel.toJSON(registry, plugins);
     }
     else
     {
@@ -724,8 +784,9 @@
         std::vector<uint8_t> data = getFileData(fileName);
         if (!data.empty())
         {
+            auto plugins = getPlugins();
             PEL pel{data};
-            pel.toJSON(registry);
+            pel.toJSON(registry, plugins);
         }
         else
         {
@@ -765,5 +826,6 @@
     {
         std::cout << app.help("", CLI::AppFormatMode::All) << std::endl;
     }
+    Py_Finalize();
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/extensions/openpower-pels/user_data.cpp b/extensions/openpower-pels/user_data.cpp
index 0ae227b..092bfb6 100644
--- a/extensions/openpower-pels/user_data.cpp
+++ b/extensions/openpower-pels/user_data.cpp
@@ -95,11 +95,11 @@
     }
 }
 
-std::optional<std::string> UserData::getJSON() const
+std::optional<std::string> UserData::getJSON(uint8_t creatorID) const
 {
 #ifdef PELTOOL
     return user_data::getJSON(_header.componentID, _header.subType,
-                              _header.version, _data);
+                              _header.version, _data, creatorID);
 #endif
     return std::nullopt;
 }
diff --git a/extensions/openpower-pels/user_data.hpp b/extensions/openpower-pels/user_data.hpp
index b1c9084..e27342e 100644
--- a/extensions/openpower-pels/user_data.hpp
+++ b/extensions/openpower-pels/user_data.hpp
@@ -82,11 +82,11 @@
 
     /**
      * @brief Get the section contents in JSON
-     *
+     * @param[in] creatorID - Creator Subsystem ID from Private Header
      * @return The JSON as a string if a parser was found,
      *         otherwise std::nullopt.
      */
-    std::optional<std::string> getJSON() const override;
+    std::optional<std::string> getJSON(uint8_t creatorID) const override;
 
     /**
      * @brief Shrink the section
diff --git a/extensions/openpower-pels/user_data_json.cpp b/extensions/openpower-pels/user_data_json.cpp
index e133cdd..408f5c3 100644
--- a/extensions/openpower-pels/user_data_json.cpp
+++ b/extensions/openpower-pels/user_data_json.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 #include "stream.hpp"
 #include "user_data_formats.hpp"
 
+#include <Python.h>
+
 #include <fifo_map.hpp>
 #include <iomanip>
 #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
@@ -39,6 +41,11 @@
 using fifoMap = nlohmann::fifo_map<K, V, nlohmann::fifo_map_compare<K>, A>;
 using fifoJSON = nlohmann::basic_json<fifoMap>;
 
+void pyDecRef(PyObject* pyObj)
+{
+    Py_XDECREF(pyObj);
+}
+
 /**
  * @brief Returns a JSON string for use by PEL::printSectionInJSON().
  *
@@ -228,19 +235,151 @@
     return std::nullopt;
 }
 
+/**
+ * @brief Call Python modules to parse the data into a JSON string
+ *
+ * The module to call is based on the Creator Subsystem ID and the Component
+ * ID under the namespace "udparsers". For example: "udparsers.xyyyy.xyyyy"
+ * where "x" is the Creator Subsystem ID and "yyyy" is the Component ID.
+ *
+ * All modules must provide the following:
+ * Function: parseUDToJson
+ * Argument list:
+ *    1. (int) Sub-section type
+ *    2. (int) Section version
+ *    3. (memoryview): Data
+ *-Return data:
+ *    1. (str) JSON string
+ *
+ * @param[in] componentID - The comp ID from the UserData section header
+ * @param[in] subType - The subtype from the UserData section header
+ * @param[in] version - The version from the UserData section header
+ * @param[in] data - The data itself
+ * @param[in] creatorID - The creatorID from the PrivateHeader section
+ * @return std::optional<std::string> - The JSON string if it could be created,
+ *                                      else std::nullopt
+ */
+std::optional<std::string> getPythonJSON(uint16_t componentID, uint8_t subType,
+                                         uint8_t version,
+                                         const std::vector<uint8_t>& data,
+                                         uint8_t creatorID)
+{
+    PyObject *pName, *pModule, *pDict, *pFunc, *pArgs, *pData, *pResult,
+        *pBytes, *eType, *eValue, *eTraceback;
+    std::string pErrStr;
+    std::string module = getNumberString("%c", tolower(creatorID)) +
+                         getNumberString("%04x", componentID);
+    pName = PyUnicode_FromString(
+        std::string("udparsers." + module + "." + module).c_str());
+    std::unique_ptr<PyObject, decltype(&pyDecRef)> modNamePtr(pName, &pyDecRef);
+    pModule = PyImport_Import(pName);
+    std::unique_ptr<PyObject, decltype(&pyDecRef)> modPtr(pModule, &pyDecRef);
+    if (pModule == NULL)
+    {
+        pErrStr = "No error string found";
+        PyErr_Fetch(&eType, &eValue, &eTraceback);
+        if (eValue)
+        {
+            PyObject* pStr = PyObject_Str(eValue);
+            if (pStr)
+            {
+                pErrStr = PyUnicode_AsUTF8(pStr);
+            }
+            Py_XDECREF(pStr);
+        }
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        pDict = PyModule_GetDict(pModule);
+        pFunc = PyDict_GetItemString(pDict, "parseUDToJson");
+        if (PyCallable_Check(pFunc))
+        {
+            auto ud = data.data();
+            pArgs = PyTuple_New(3);
+            std::unique_ptr<PyObject, decltype(&pyDecRef)> argPtr(pArgs,
+                                                                  &pyDecRef);
+            PyTuple_SetItem(pArgs, 0,
+                            PyLong_FromUnsignedLong((unsigned long)subType));
+            PyTuple_SetItem(pArgs, 1,
+                            PyLong_FromUnsignedLong((unsigned long)version));
+            pData = PyMemoryView_FromMemory(
+                reinterpret_cast<char*>(const_cast<unsigned char*>(ud)),
+                data.size(), PyBUF_READ);
+            std::unique_ptr<PyObject, decltype(&pyDecRef)> dataPtr(pData,
+                                                                   &pyDecRef);
+            PyTuple_SetItem(pArgs, 2, pData);
+            pResult = PyObject_CallObject(pFunc, pArgs);
+            std::unique_ptr<PyObject, decltype(&pyDecRef)> resPtr(pResult,
+                                                                  &pyDecRef);
+            if (pResult)
+            {
+                pBytes = PyUnicode_AsEncodedString(pResult, "utf-8", "~E~");
+                std::unique_ptr<PyObject, decltype(&pyDecRef)> pyBytePtr(
+                    pBytes, &pyDecRef);
+                const char* output = PyBytes_AS_STRING(pBytes);
+                try
+                {
+                    fifoJSON json = nlohmann::json::parse(output);
+                    return prettyJSON(componentID, subType, version, json);
+                }
+                catch (std::exception& e)
+                {
+                    log<level::ERR>("Bad JSON from parser",
+                                    entry("ERROR=%s", e.what()),
+                                    entry("PARSER_MODULE=%s", module.c_str()),
+                                    entry("SUBTYPE=0x%X", subType),
+                                    entry("VERSION=%d", version),
+                                    entry("DATA_LENGTH=%lu\n", data.size()));
+                    return std::nullopt;
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                pErrStr = "No error string found";
+                PyErr_Fetch(&eType, &eValue, &eTraceback);
+                if (eValue)
+                {
+                    PyObject* pStr = PyObject_Str(eValue);
+                    if (pStr)
+                    {
+                        pErrStr = PyUnicode_AsUTF8(pStr);
+                    }
+                    Py_XDECREF(pStr);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    if (!pErrStr.empty())
+    {
+        log<level::ERR>("Python exception thrown by parser",
+                        entry("ERROR=%s", pErrStr.c_str()),
+                        entry("PARSER_MODULE=%s", module.c_str()),
+                        entry("SUBTYPE=0x%X", subType),
+                        entry("VERSION=%d", version),
+                        entry("DATA_LENGTH=%lu\n", data.size()));
+    }
+    Py_XDECREF(eType);
+    Py_XDECREF(eValue);
+    Py_XDECREF(eTraceback);
+    return std::nullopt;
+}
+
 std::optional<std::string> getJSON(uint16_t componentID, uint8_t subType,
                                    uint8_t version,
-                                   const std::vector<uint8_t>& data)
+                                   const std::vector<uint8_t>& data,
+                                   uint8_t creatorID)
 {
     try
     {
-        switch (componentID)
+        if (pv::creatorIDs.at(getNumberString("%c", creatorID)) == "BMC" &&
+            componentID == static_cast<uint16_t>(ComponentID::phosphorLogging))
         {
-            case static_cast<uint16_t>(ComponentID::phosphorLogging):
-                return getBuiltinFormatJSON(componentID, subType, version,
-                                            data);
-            default:
-                break;
+            return getBuiltinFormatJSON(componentID, subType, version, data);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            return getPythonJSON(componentID, subType, version, data,
+                                 creatorID);
         }
     }
     catch (std::exception& e)
diff --git a/extensions/openpower-pels/user_data_json.hpp b/extensions/openpower-pels/user_data_json.hpp
index 64fac79..5a0cc19 100644
--- a/extensions/openpower-pels/user_data_json.hpp
+++ b/extensions/openpower-pels/user_data_json.hpp
@@ -14,12 +14,14 @@
  * @param[in] subType - The subtype from the UserData section header
  * @param[in] version - The version from the UserData section header
  * @param[in] data - The section data
+ * @param[in] creatorID - Creator Subsystem ID from Private Header
  *
  * @return std::optional<std::string> - The JSON string if it could be created,
  *                                      else std::nullopt.
  */
 std::optional<std::string> getJSON(uint16_t componentID, uint8_t subType,
                                    uint8_t version,
-                                   const std::vector<uint8_t>& data);
+                                   const std::vector<uint8_t>& data,
+                                   uint8_t creatorID);
 
 } // namespace openpower::pels::user_data