diff --git a/oem/ibm/libpldmresponder/inband_code_update.cpp b/oem/ibm/libpldmresponder/inband_code_update.cpp
index cdcf143..8de9993 100644
--- a/oem/ibm/libpldmresponder/inband_code_update.cpp
+++ b/oem/ibm/libpldmresponder/inband_code_update.cpp
@@ -6,10 +6,13 @@
 #include "oem_ibm_handler.hpp"
 #include "xyz/openbmc_project/Common/error.hpp"
 
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+
 #include <sdbusplus/server.hpp>
 #include <xyz/openbmc_project/Dump/NewDump/server.hpp>
 
 #include <exception>
+#include <fstream>
 
 namespace pldm
 {
@@ -213,5 +216,33 @@
     return rc;
 }
 
+int processCodeUpdateLid(const std::string& filePath)
+{
+    struct LidHeader
+    {
+        uint16_t magicNumber;
+    };
+    LidHeader header;
+
+    std::ifstream ifs(filePath, std::ios::in | std::ios::binary);
+    if (!ifs)
+    {
+        std::cerr << "ifstream open error: " << filePath << "\n";
+        return PLDM_ERROR;
+    }
+    ifs.seekg(0);
+    ifs.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&header), sizeof(header));
+    ifs.close();
+
+    constexpr auto magicNumber = 0x0222;
+    if (htons(header.magicNumber) != magicNumber)
+    {
+        std::cerr << "Invalid magic number: " << filePath << "\n";
+        return PLDM_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    return PLDM_SUCCESS;
+}
+
 } // namespace responder
 } // namespace pldm
diff --git a/oem/ibm/libpldmresponder/inband_code_update.hpp b/oem/ibm/libpldmresponder/inband_code_update.hpp
index 2ef638d..aad58e1 100644
--- a/oem/ibm/libpldmresponder/inband_code_update.hpp
+++ b/oem/ibm/libpldmresponder/inband_code_update.hpp
@@ -143,5 +143,11 @@
                 const std::vector<set_effecter_state_field>& stateField,
                 CodeUpdate* codeUpdate);
 
+/* @brief Method to process LIDs during inband update, such as verifying and
+ *        removing the header to get them ready to be written to flash
+ * @param[in] filePath - Path to the LID file
+ * @return - PLDM_SUCCESS codes
+ */
+int processCodeUpdateLid(const std::string& filePath);
 } // namespace responder
 } // namespace pldm