diff --git a/sensors/2.0/multihal/HalProxy.cpp b/sensors/2.0/multihal/HalProxy.cpp
index 80d7296..964f589 100644
--- a/sensors/2.0/multihal/HalProxy.cpp
+++ b/sensors/2.0/multihal/HalProxy.cpp
@@ -218,6 +218,14 @@
     return Return<void>();
 }
 
+ISensorsSubHal* HalProxy::getSubHalForSensorHandle(uint32_t sensorHandle) {
+    return mSubHalList[static_cast<size_t>(sensorHandle >> 24)];
+}
+
+uint32_t HalProxy::zeroOutFirstByte(uint32_t num) {
+    return num & 0x00FFFFFF;
+}
+
 }  // namespace implementation
 }  // namespace V2_0
 }  // namespace sensors
diff --git a/sensors/2.0/multihal/include/HalProxy.h b/sensors/2.0/multihal/include/HalProxy.h
index 9d5787c..809d07e 100644
--- a/sensors/2.0/multihal/include/HalProxy.h
+++ b/sensors/2.0/multihal/include/HalProxy.h
@@ -118,6 +118,24 @@
      * SubHal object pointers that have been saved from vendor dynamic libraries.
      */
     std::vector<ISensorsSubHal*> mSubHalList;
+
+    /*
+     * Get the subhal pointer which can be found by indexing into the mSubHalList vector
+     * using the index from the first byte of sensorHandle.
+     *
+     * @param sensorHandle The handle used to identify a sensor in one of the subhals.
+     */
+    ISensorsSubHal* getSubHalForSensorHandle(uint32_t sensorHandle);
+
+    /*
+     * Zero out the first (most significant) byte in a number. Used in modifying the sensor handles
+     * before passing them to subhals.
+     *
+     * @param num The uint32_t number to work with.
+     *
+     * @return The modified version of num param.
+     */
+    static uint32_t zeroOutFirstByte(uint32_t num);
 };
 
 }  // namespace implementation