diff --git a/libpldm/firmware_update.c b/libpldm/firmware_update.c
index 031ec85..66b4ab5 100644
--- a/libpldm/firmware_update.c
+++ b/libpldm/firmware_update.c
@@ -58,9 +58,24 @@
 	if (*descriptor_count == 0) {
 		return PLDM_ERROR_INVALID_DATA;
 	}
-
 	*descriptor_data =
 	    (uint8_t *)(msg->payload +
 			sizeof(struct pldm_query_device_identifiers_resp));
 	return PLDM_SUCCESS;
 }
+
+int encode_get_firmware_parameters_req(uint8_t instance_id,
+				       size_t payload_length,
+				       struct pldm_msg *msg)
+{
+	if (msg == NULL) {
+		return PLDM_ERROR_INVALID_DATA;
+	}
+
+	if (payload_length != PLDM_GET_FIRMWARE_PARAMETERS_REQ_BYTES) {
+		return PLDM_ERROR_INVALID_LENGTH;
+	}
+
+	return encode_pldm_header_only(PLDM_REQUEST, instance_id, PLDM_FWUP,
+				       PLDM_GET_FIRMWARE_PARAMETERS, msg);
+}
diff --git a/libpldm/firmware_update.h b/libpldm/firmware_update.h
index 6ebfa79..4d0b052 100644
--- a/libpldm/firmware_update.h
+++ b/libpldm/firmware_update.h
@@ -11,10 +11,14 @@
  *         2 bytes for descriptor length and atleast 1 byte of descriptor data
  */
 #define PLDM_FWUP_DEVICE_DESCRIPTOR_MIN_LEN 5
+#define PLDM_GET_FIRMWARE_PARAMETERS_REQ_BYTES 0
 
 /** @brief PLDM Firmware update commands
  */
-enum pldm_firmware_update_commands { PLDM_QUERY_DEVICE_IDENTIFIERS = 0x01 };
+enum pldm_firmware_update_commands {
+	PLDM_QUERY_DEVICE_IDENTIFIERS = 0x01,
+	PLDM_GET_FIRMWARE_PARAMETERS = 0x02
+};
 
 /** @struct pldm_query_device_identifiers_resp
  *
@@ -58,6 +62,21 @@
 					 uint32_t *device_identifiers_len,
 					 uint8_t *descriptor_count,
 					 uint8_t **descriptor_data);
+
+/** @brief Create a PLDM request message for GetFirmwareParameters
+ *
+ *  @param[in] instance_id - Message's instance id
+ *  @param[in] payload_length - Length of the request message payload
+ *  @param[in,out] msg - Message will be written to this
+ *
+ *  @return pldm_completion_codes
+ *
+ *  @note  Caller is responsible for memory alloc and dealloc of param
+ *         'msg.payload'
+ */
+int encode_get_firmware_parameters_req(uint8_t instance_id,
+				       size_t payload_length,
+				       struct pldm_msg *msg);
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/libpldm/tests/libpldm_firmware_update_test.cpp b/libpldm/tests/libpldm_firmware_update_test.cpp
index 489be16..cb0ec5a 100644
--- a/libpldm/tests/libpldm_firmware_update_test.cpp
+++ b/libpldm/tests/libpldm_firmware_update_test.cpp
@@ -62,3 +62,18 @@
                              sizeof(struct pldm_query_device_identifiers_resp),
                          responseMsg.end()));
 }
+
+TEST(GetFirmwareParameters, goodPathEncodeRequest)
+{
+    std::array<uint8_t, sizeof(pldm_msg_hdr)> requestMsg{};
+    auto requestPtr = reinterpret_cast<pldm_msg*>(requestMsg.data());
+    uint8_t instanceId = 0x01;
+
+    auto rc = encode_get_firmware_parameters_req(
+        instanceId, PLDM_GET_FIRMWARE_PARAMETERS_REQ_BYTES, requestPtr);
+    EXPECT_EQ(rc, PLDM_SUCCESS);
+    EXPECT_EQ(requestPtr->hdr.request, PLDM_REQUEST);
+    EXPECT_EQ(requestPtr->hdr.instance_id, instanceId);
+    EXPECT_EQ(requestPtr->hdr.type, PLDM_FWUP);
+    EXPECT_EQ(requestPtr->hdr.command, PLDM_GET_FIRMWARE_PARAMETERS);
+}