diff --git a/utils.hpp b/utils.hpp
index bfbfb5d..6e128be 100644
--- a/utils.hpp
+++ b/utils.hpp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 #include <exception>
+#include <filesystem>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <sdbusplus/server.hpp>
 #include <string>
@@ -21,6 +22,8 @@
 namespace utils
 {
 
+namespace fs = std::filesystem;
+
 /** @struct CustomFD
  *
  *  RAII wrapper for file descriptor.
@@ -203,5 +206,17 @@
                          const PropertyValue& value) const override;
 };
 
+/** @brief Fetch parent D-Bus object based on pathname
+ *
+ *  @param[in] dbusObj - child D-Bus object
+ *
+ *  @return std::string - the parent D-Bus object path
+ */
+inline std::string findParent(const std::string& dbusObj)
+{
+    fs::path p(dbusObj);
+    return p.parent_path().string();
+}
+
 } // namespace utils
 } // namespace pldm