diff --git a/utilities/platform-util/centos/build_srpm.data b/utilities/platform-util/centos/build_srpm.data
index 1aafbdbd6..880171162 100644
--- a/utilities/platform-util/centos/build_srpm.data
+++ b/utilities/platform-util/centos/build_srpm.data
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 SRC_DIR="platform-util"
 COPY_LIST_TO_TAR="scripts"
 
-TIS_PATCH_VER=14
+TIS_PATCH_VER=15
diff --git a/utilities/platform-util/centos/platform-util.spec b/utilities/platform-util/centos/platform-util.spec
index 69f3e6983..b54116b49 100644
--- a/utilities/platform-util/centos/platform-util.spec
+++ b/utilities/platform-util/centos/platform-util.spec
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Platform utilities that don't get packaged on controller hosts
 %define local_bindir %{local_dir}/bin
 %define local_sbindir %{local_dir}/sbin
 %define pythonroot /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages
+%define local_etc_initd %{_sysconfdir}/init.d
 
 %prep
 %setup
@@ -53,6 +54,9 @@ install %{_buildsubdir}/scripts/cgcs_tc_setup.sh %{buildroot}%{local_bindir}
 install %{_buildsubdir}/scripts/remotelogging_tc_setup.sh %{buildroot}%{local_bindir}
 install %{_buildsubdir}/scripts/connectivity_test %{buildroot}%{local_bindir}
 
+install -d %{buildroot}%{local_etc_initd}
+install %{_buildsubdir}/scripts/log_functions.sh %{buildroot}%{local_etc_initd}
+
 install -d %{buildroot}%{local_sbindir}
 install -m 700 -P -D %{_buildsubdir}/scripts/patch-restart-mtce %{buildroot}%{local_sbindir}
 install -m 700 -p -D %{_buildsubdir}/scripts/patch-restart-processes %{buildroot}%{local_sbindir}
@@ -87,6 +91,7 @@ systemctl enable opt-platform.service
 %{pythonroot}/platform_util/*
 %dir %{pythonroot}/platform_util-%{version}.0-py2.7.egg-info
 %{pythonroot}/platform_util-%{version}.0-py2.7.egg-info/*
+%{local_etc_initd}/log_functions.sh
 
 %files -n platform-util-noncontroller
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)
diff --git a/utilities/platform-util/scripts/log_functions.sh b/utilities/platform-util/scripts/log_functions.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..95a72ae2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utilities/platform-util/scripts/log_functions.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+################################################################################
+# Copyright (c) 2013-2015 Wind River Systems, Inc.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+################################################################################
+
+################################################################################
+# Log if debug is enabled via LOG_DEBUG
+#
+################################################################################
+function log_debug {
+    if [ ! -z "${LOG_DEBUG}" ]; then
+        logger -p debug -t "$0[${PPID}]" -s "$@" 2>&1
+    fi
+}
+
+################################################################################
+# Log unconditionally to STDERR
+#
+################################################################################
+function log_error {
+    logger -p error -t "$0[${PPID}]" -s "$@"
+}
+
+################################################################################
+# Log unconditionally to STDOUT
+#
+################################################################################
+function log {
+    logger -p info -t "$0[${PPID}]" -s "$@" 2>&1
+}
+
+################################################################################
+# Utility function to print the status of a command result
+#
+################################################################################
+function print_status {
+    if [ "$1" -eq "0" ]; then
+        echo "[  OK  ]"
+    else
+        echo "[FAILED]"
+    fi
+}