diff --git a/common/test/pldm_utils_test.cpp b/common/test/pldm_utils_test.cpp
index a65b33b..006d065 100644
--- a/common/test/pldm_utils_test.cpp
+++ b/common/test/pldm_utils_test.cpp
@@ -906,3 +906,28 @@
 
     pldm_pdr_destroy(repo);
 }
+
+TEST(toString, allTestCases)
+{
+    variable_field buffer{};
+    constexpr std::string_view str1{};
+    auto returnStr1 = toString(buffer);
+    EXPECT_EQ(returnStr1, str1);
+
+    constexpr std::string_view str2{"0penBmc"};
+    constexpr std::array<uint8_t, 7> bufferArr1{0x30, 0x70, 0x65, 0x6e,
+                                                0x42, 0x6d, 0x63};
+    buffer.ptr = bufferArr1.data();
+    buffer.length = bufferArr1.size();
+    auto returnStr2 = toString(buffer);
+    EXPECT_EQ(returnStr2, str2);
+
+    constexpr std::string_view str3{"0pen mc"};
+    // \xa0 - the non-breaking space in ISO-8859-1
+    constexpr std::array<uint8_t, 7> bufferArr2{0x30, 0x70, 0x65, 0x6e,
+                                                0xa0, 0x6d, 0x63};
+    buffer.ptr = bufferArr2.data();
+    buffer.length = bufferArr2.size();
+    auto returnStr3 = toString(buffer);
+    EXPECT_EQ(returnStr3, str3);
+}
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diff --git a/common/utils.cpp b/common/utils.cpp
index 964c04f..97fc1dd 100644
--- a/common/utils.cpp
+++ b/common/utils.cpp
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
 
 #include <xyz/openbmc_project/Common/error.hpp>
 
+#include <algorithm>
 #include <array>
+#include <cctype>
 #include <ctime>
 #include <fstream>
 #include <iostream>
@@ -503,5 +505,18 @@
     }
 }
 
+std::string toString(const struct variable_field& var)
+{
+    if (var.ptr == nullptr || !var.length)
+    {
+        return "";
+    }
+
+    std::string str(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(var.ptr), var.length);
+    std::replace_if(
+        str.begin(), str.end(), [](const char& c) { return !isprint(c); }, ' ');
+    return str;
+}
+
 } // namespace utils
 } // namespace pldm
diff --git a/common/utils.hpp b/common/utils.hpp
index 710282c..101fd49 100644
--- a/common/utils.hpp
+++ b/common/utils.hpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "libpldm/base.h"
 #include "libpldm/bios.h"
 #include "libpldm/platform.h"
+#include "libpldm/utils.h"
 
 #include "types.hpp"
 
@@ -350,5 +351,16 @@
  */
 void printBuffer(const std::vector<uint8_t>& buffer, bool pldmVerbose);
 
+/** @brief Convert the buffer to std::string
+ *
+ *  If there are characters that are not printable characters, it is replaced
+ *  with space(0x20).
+ *
+ *  @param[in] var - pointer to data and length of the data
+ *
+ *  @return std::string equivalent of variable field
+ */
+std::string toString(const struct variable_field& var);
+
 } // namespace utils
 } // namespace pldm