diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7c03c86..feedbef 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 - Fixes for building in MacOS
 - Reverted generic API to log messages into an additional module other than the primary module of a component
 - Added support for overriding debug.ini file location in RDK code
+- Added support of onboard logging
 
 ## [1.0.0] - 2017-10-11
 ### Added
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 277455d..61b95c2 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ set(PROJ_CIMPL cimplog)
 
 file(GLOB HEADERS cimplog.h cimplog.h)
 if (RDK_LOGGER)
-set(SOURCES cimplog-rdk-logger.c)
+set(SOURCES cimplog-rdk-logger.c cimplog-onboarding.c)
 else (RDK_LOGGER)
 set(SOURCES cimplog.c)
 endif (RDK_LOGGER)
@@ -43,3 +43,12 @@ install (TARGETS ${PROJ_CIMPL}
 install (TARGETS ${PROJ_CIMPL} DESTINATION lib${LIB_SUFFIX})
 install (TARGETS ${PROJ_CIMPL}.shared DESTINATION lib${LIB_SUFFIX})
 install (FILES cimplog.h DESTINATION include/${PROJ_CIMPL})
+
+if (RDK_LOGGER)
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# onboarding_log cli
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+set(BIN_SOURCES cimplog-onboarding.c main.c)
+add_executable(onboarding_log ${BIN_SOURCES} ${HEADERS})
+install (TARGETS onboarding_log DESTINATION bin)
+endif (RDK_LOGGER)
diff --git a/src/cimplog-onboarding.c b/src/cimplog-onboarding.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d9ac5a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cimplog-onboarding.c
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright 2016 Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ */
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <sys/sysinfo.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include "cimplog.h"
+#define MAX_BUF_SIZE 1024
+
+#ifdef XB3_ARM
+#define ONBOARDING_FILE         "/rdklogs/logs/OnBoardingLog_Arm.txt.0"
+#elif XB3_ATOM
+#define ONBOARDING_FILE         "/rdklogs/logs/OnBoardingLog_Atom.txt.0"
+#else
+#define ONBOARDING_FILE         "/rdklogs/logs/OnBoardingLog.txt.0"
+#endif
+
+#define DEVICE_ONBOARDED	"/nvram/.device_onboarded"
+
+void __cimplog_generic(const char *module, const char *msg, ...)
+{
+    va_list arg_ptr;
+    char buf[MAX_BUF_SIZE];
+    int nbytes;
+    struct sysinfo l_sSysInfo;
+    struct tm * l_sTimeInfo;
+    char l_cLocalTime[32] = {0};
+    time_t l_sNowTime;
+    FILE *l_fOnBoardingLogFile = NULL;
+
+    if (access(DEVICE_ONBOARDED, F_OK) != -1)
+    {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    sysinfo(&l_sSysInfo);
+    time(&l_sNowTime);
+    l_sTimeInfo = localtime(&l_sNowTime);
+
+    strftime(l_cLocalTime,32, "%y%m%d-%X",l_sTimeInfo);
+    va_start(arg_ptr, msg);
+    nbytes = vsnprintf(buf, MAX_BUF_SIZE, msg, arg_ptr);
+    va_end(arg_ptr);
+
+    if( nbytes >=  MAX_BUF_SIZE )
+    {
+        buf[ MAX_BUF_SIZE - 1 ] = '\0';
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        buf[nbytes] = '\0';
+    }
+
+    l_fOnBoardingLogFile = fopen(ONBOARDING_FILE, "a+");
+    if (NULL != l_fOnBoardingLogFile)
+    {
+        if(module != NULL)
+        {
+            fprintf(l_fOnBoardingLogFile, "%s [%s] %s", l_cLocalTime, module, buf);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            fprintf(l_fOnBoardingLogFile, "%s %s", l_cLocalTime, buf);
+        }
+        fclose(l_fOnBoardingLogFile);
+    }
+    else //fopen of on boarding file failed atleast write on the console
+    {
+        if(module != NULL)
+        {
+            printf("%s [%s] %s", l_cLocalTime, module, buf);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            printf("%s %s", l_cLocalTime, buf);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/cimplog.c b/src/cimplog.c
index 23178ea..4880c20 100644
--- a/src/cimplog.c
+++ b/src/cimplog.c
@@ -58,3 +58,8 @@ void __cimplog(const char *module, int level, const char *msg, ...)
     }
 }
 
+void __cimplog_generic(const char *module, const char *msg, ...)
+{
+    (void) module;
+    (void) msg;
+}
diff --git a/src/cimplog.h b/src/cimplog.h
index 6f9bc1a..0e98bc5 100644
--- a/src/cimplog.h
+++ b/src/cimplog.h
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 #define cimplog_info(module, ...)     __cimplog(module, LEVEL_INFO, __VA_ARGS__)
 #define cimplog_debug(module, ...)    __cimplog(module, LEVEL_DEBUG, __VA_ARGS__)
 
+#define onboarding_log(module, ...)    __cimplog_generic(module, __VA_ARGS__)
+
 /**
 * @brief handle log message based on log level
 * 
@@ -36,4 +38,11 @@
 */
 void __cimplog(const char *module, int level, const char *msg, ...);
 
+/**
+* @brief log message into an additional module other than the primary module of a component
+*
+* @param module string identifying library/module
+* @param msg message
+*/
+void __cimplog_generic(const char *module, const char *msg, ...);
 #endif
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..14207fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright 2016 Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include "cimplog.h"
+
+#define MAX_BUF_SIZE 1024
+
+int main( int argc, char **argv)
+{
+    char msg[MAX_BUF_SIZE];
+    if(argc > 2 && (NULL != argv[1]) && (NULL != argv[2]))
+    {
+        sprintf(msg, "%s\n", argv[2]);
+        onboarding_log(argv[1], msg);
+    }
+    else if(argc > 1 && (NULL != argv[1]))
+    {
+        sprintf(msg, "%s\n", argv[1]);
+        onboarding_log(NULL, msg);
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/tests/onboardingTest.sh b/tests/onboardingTest.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f567a74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/onboardingTest.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+ONBOARDING_LOG=../build/src/onboarding_log
+$ONBOARDING_LOG "TEST" "Simple onboarding log with module"
+$ONBOARDING_LOG "Simple onboarding log without module"
+ARGS="arguments"
+$ONBOARDING_LOG "Simple onboarding log with $ARGS"
diff --git a/tests/simple.c b/tests/simple.c
index 4657794..34e5ac1 100644
--- a/tests/simple.c
+++ b/tests/simple.c
@@ -31,10 +31,19 @@ void test_cimplog()
     cimplog_debug(mod3, "Sample debug\n");
 }
 
+void test_onBoarding()
+{
+    char mod2[] = "Module2";
+    char *msg = "arguments";
+    onboarding_log("Module1", "Sample OnBoarding Log\n");
+    onboarding_log(mod2, "Sample OnBoarding Log with %s\n",msg);
+    onboarding_log(NULL, "Sample debug\n");
+}
 void add_suites( CU_pSuite *suite )
 {
     *suite = CU_add_suite( "cimplog tests", NULL, NULL );
     CU_add_test( *suite, "Test cimplog logging\n", test_cimplog );
+    CU_add_test( *suite, "Test onboard logging\n", test_onBoarding );
 }
 
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/