diff --git a/drivers/partition/gpt.c b/drivers/partition/gpt.c
index ee0bddf..4fe8322 100644
--- a/drivers/partition/gpt.c
+++ b/drivers/partition/gpt.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2016-2017, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2016-2022, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
 				   gpt_entry->first_lba + 1) *
 			PLAT_PARTITION_BLOCK_SIZE;
 	guidcpy(&entry->part_guid, &gpt_entry->unique_uuid);
+	guidcpy(&entry->type_guid, &gpt_entry->type_uuid);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/partition/partition.c b/drivers/partition/partition.c
index c84816f..1881c91 100644
--- a/drivers/partition/partition.c
+++ b/drivers/partition/partition.c
@@ -266,6 +266,19 @@
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+const partition_entry_t *get_partition_entry_by_type(const uuid_t *type_uuid)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < list.entry_count; i++) {
+		if (guidcmp(type_uuid, &list.list[i].type_guid) == 0) {
+			return &list.list[i];
+		}
+	}
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 const partition_entry_t *get_partition_entry_by_uuid(const uuid_t *part_uuid)
 {
 	int i;