diff --git a/utils.cpp b/utils.cpp
index d925d4c..18afd90 100644
--- a/utils.cpp
+++ b/utils.cpp
@@ -132,13 +132,13 @@
 
 void createError(
     sdbusplus::bus::bus& bus, const std::string& errorMsg,
-    sdbusplus::xyz::openbmc_project::Logging::server::Entry::Level errLevel)
+    sdbusplus::xyz::openbmc_project::Logging::server::Entry::Level errLevel,
+    std::map<std::string, std::string> additionalData)
 {
 
     try
     {
-        // Create interface requires something for additionalData
-        std::map<std::string, std::string> additionalData;
+        // Always add the _PID on for some extra logging debug
         additionalData.emplace("_PID", std::to_string(getpid()));
 
         auto method = bus.new_method_call(
diff --git a/utils.hpp b/utils.hpp
index e016d4f..5e747b7 100644
--- a/utils.hpp
+++ b/utils.hpp
@@ -58,13 +58,15 @@
 
 /** @brief Create an error log
  *
- * @param[in] bus          - The Dbus bus object
- * @param[in] errorMsg     - The error message
- * @param[in] errLevel     - The error level
+ * @param[in] bus           - The Dbus bus object
+ * @param[in] errorMsg      - The error message
+ * @param[in] errLevel      - The error level
+ * parampin] additionalData - Optional extra data to add to the log
  */
 void createError(
     sdbusplus::bus::bus& bus, const std::string& errorMsg,
-    sdbusplus::xyz::openbmc_project::Logging::server::Entry::Level errLevel);
+    sdbusplus::xyz::openbmc_project::Logging::server::Entry::Level errLevel,
+    std::map<std::string, std::string> additionalData = {});
 
 /** @brief Call phosphor-dump-manager to create BMC user dump
  *