diff --git a/include/efi_loader.h b/include/efi_loader.h
index 68daa1a4a9..5d534e69bb 100644
--- a/include/efi_loader.h
+++ b/include/efi_loader.h
@@ -744,6 +744,10 @@ struct efi_load_option {
 	const u8 *optional_data;
 };
 
+struct efi_device_path *efi_dp_from_lo(struct efi_load_option *lo,
+				       efi_uintn_t *size, efi_guid_t guid);
+struct efi_device_path *efi_dp_concat(const struct efi_device_path *dp1,
+				      const struct efi_device_path *dp2);
 efi_status_t efi_deserialize_load_option(struct efi_load_option *lo, u8 *data,
 					 efi_uintn_t *size);
 unsigned long efi_serialize_load_option(struct efi_load_option *lo, u8 **data);
diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_device_path.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_device_path.c
index 398dbc699b..4b20859b25 100644
--- a/lib/efi_loader/efi_device_path.c
+++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_device_path.c
@@ -282,11 +282,31 @@ struct efi_device_path *efi_dp_dup(const struct efi_device_path *dp)
 	return ndp;
 }
 
-struct efi_device_path *efi_dp_append(const struct efi_device_path *dp1,
-				      const struct efi_device_path *dp2)
+/**
+ * efi_dp_append_or_concatenate() - Append or concatenate two device paths.
+ *				    Concatenated device path will be separated
+ *				    by a sub-type 0xff end node
+ *
+ * @dp1:	First device path
+ * @dp2:	Second device path
+ * @concat:	If true the two device paths will be concatenated and separated
+ *		by an end of entrire device path sub-type 0xff end node.
+ *		If true the second device path will be appended to the first and
+ *		terminated by an end node
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * concatenated device path or NULL. Caller must free the returned value
+ */
+static struct
+efi_device_path *efi_dp_append_or_concatenate(const struct efi_device_path *dp1,
+					      const struct efi_device_path *dp2,
+					      bool concat)
 {
 	struct efi_device_path *ret;
+	size_t end_size = sizeof(END);
 
+	if (concat)
+		end_size = 2 * sizeof(END);
 	if (!dp1 && !dp2) {
 		/* return an end node */
 		ret = efi_dp_dup(&END);
@@ -298,18 +318,58 @@ struct efi_device_path *efi_dp_append(const struct efi_device_path *dp1,
 		/* both dp1 and dp2 are non-null */
 		unsigned sz1 = efi_dp_size(dp1);
 		unsigned sz2 = efi_dp_size(dp2);
-		void *p = dp_alloc(sz1 + sz2 + sizeof(END));
+		void *p = dp_alloc(sz1 + sz2 + end_size);
 		if (!p)
 			return NULL;
-		memcpy(p, dp1, sz1);
-		/* the end node of the second device path has to be retained */
-		memcpy(p + sz1, dp2, sz2 + sizeof(END));
 		ret = p;
+		memcpy(p, dp1, sz1);
+		p += sz1;
+
+		if (concat) {
+			memcpy(p, &END, sizeof(END));
+			p += sizeof(END);
+		}
+
+		/* the end node of the second device path has to be retained */
+		memcpy(p, dp2, sz2);
+		p += sz2;
+		memcpy(p, &END, sizeof(END));
 	}
 
 	return ret;
 }
 
+/**
+ * efi_dp_append() - Append a device to an existing device path.
+ *
+ * @dp1:	First device path
+ * @dp2:	Second device path
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * concatenated device path or NULL. Caller must free the returned value
+ */
+struct efi_device_path *efi_dp_append(const struct efi_device_path *dp1,
+				      const struct efi_device_path *dp2)
+{
+	return efi_dp_append_or_concatenate(dp1, dp2, false);
+}
+
+/**
+ * efi_dp_concat() - Concatenate 2 device paths. The final device path will
+ *                   contain two device paths separated by and end node (0xff).
+ *
+ * @dp1:	First device path
+ * @dp2:	Second device path
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * concatenated device path or NULL. Caller must free the returned value
+ */
+struct efi_device_path *efi_dp_concat(const struct efi_device_path *dp1,
+				      const struct efi_device_path *dp2)
+{
+	return efi_dp_append_or_concatenate(dp1, dp2, true);
+}
+
 struct efi_device_path *efi_dp_append_node(const struct efi_device_path *dp,
 					   const struct efi_device_path *node)
 {
@@ -1183,3 +1243,43 @@ ssize_t efi_dp_check_length(const struct efi_device_path *dp,
 		dp = (const struct efi_device_path *)((const u8 *)dp + len);
 	}
 }
+
+/**
+ * efi_dp_from_lo() - Get the instance of a VenMedia node in a
+ *                    multi-instance device path that matches
+ *                    a specific GUID. This kind of device paths
+ *                    is found in Boot#### options describing an
+ *                    initrd location
+ *
+ * @lo:		EFI_LOAD_OPTION containing a valid device path
+ * @size:	size of the discovered device path
+ * @guid:	guid to search for
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * device path including the VenMedia node or NULL.
+ * Caller must free the returned value.
+ */
+struct
+efi_device_path *efi_dp_from_lo(struct efi_load_option *lo,
+				efi_uintn_t *size, efi_guid_t guid)
+{
+	struct efi_device_path *fp = lo->file_path;
+	struct efi_device_path_vendor *vendor;
+	int lo_len = lo->file_path_length;
+
+	for (; lo_len >=  sizeof(struct efi_device_path);
+	     lo_len -= fp->length, fp = (void *)fp + fp->length) {
+		if (lo_len < 0 || efi_dp_check_length(fp, lo_len) < 0)
+			break;
+		if (fp->type != DEVICE_PATH_TYPE_MEDIA_DEVICE ||
+		    fp->sub_type != DEVICE_PATH_SUB_TYPE_VENDOR_PATH)
+			continue;
+
+		vendor = (struct efi_device_path_vendor *)fp;
+		if (!guidcmp(&vendor->guid, &guid))
+			return efi_dp_dup(fp);
+	}
+	log_debug("VenMedia(%pUl) not found in %ls\n", &guid, lo->label);
+
+	return NULL;
+}