diff --git a/oem/ibm/libpldmresponder/utils.cpp b/oem/ibm/libpldmresponder/utils.cpp
index 7126ff8..5e8658f 100644
--- a/oem/ibm/libpldmresponder/utils.cpp
+++ b/oem/ibm/libpldmresponder/utils.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #include "utils.hpp"
 
+#include "common/utils.hpp"
+
 #include <libpldm/base.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
@@ -7,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 #include <phosphor-logging/lg2.hpp>
+#include <xyz/openbmc_project/Inventory/Decorator/Asset/client.hpp>
 
 PHOSPHOR_LOG2_USING;
 
@@ -137,6 +140,28 @@
     return 0;
 }
 
+bool checkIfIBMFru(const std::string& objPath)
+{
+    using DecoratorAsset =
+        sdbusplus::client::xyz::openbmc_project::inventory::decorator::Asset<>;
+
+    try
+    {
+        auto propVal = pldm::utils::DBusHandler().getDbusPropertyVariant(
+            objPath.c_str(), "Model", DecoratorAsset::interface);
+        const auto& model = std::get<std::string>(propVal);
+        if (!model.empty())
+        {
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+    catch (const std::exception&)
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
 } // namespace utils
 } // namespace responder
 } // namespace pldm
diff --git a/oem/ibm/libpldmresponder/utils.hpp b/oem/ibm/libpldmresponder/utils.hpp
index e8f341d..f2e2153 100644
--- a/oem/ibm/libpldmresponder/utils.hpp
+++ b/oem/ibm/libpldmresponder/utils.hpp
@@ -36,6 +36,14 @@
 int writeToUnixSocket(const int sock, const char* buf,
                       const uint64_t blockSize);
 
+/** @brief checks if given FRU is IBM specific
+ *
+ *  @param[in] objPath - FRU object path
+ *
+ *  @return bool - true if IBM specific FRU
+ */
+bool checkIfIBMFru(const std::string& objPath);
+
 } // namespace utils
 } // namespace responder
 } // namespace pldm