diff --git a/include/efi_variable.h b/include/efi_variable.h
index 8f666b2..03a3ecb 100644
--- a/include/efi_variable.h
+++ b/include/efi_variable.h
@@ -257,6 +257,14 @@
 					     const efi_guid_t *guid);
 
 /**
+ * efi_auth_var_get_guid() - get the predefined GUID for a variable name
+ *
+ * @name:	name of UEFI variable
+ * Return:	guid of UEFI variable
+ */
+const efi_guid_t *efi_auth_var_get_guid(const u16 *name);
+
+/**
  * efi_get_next_variable_name_mem() - Runtime common code across efi variable
  *                                    implementations for GetNextVariable()
  *                                    from the cached memory copy
diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_var_common.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_var_common.c
index e179932..3cbb7c9 100644
--- a/lib/efi_loader/efi_var_common.c
+++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_var_common.c
@@ -385,6 +385,15 @@
 	return EFI_AUTH_VAR_NONE;
 }
 
+const efi_guid_t *efi_auth_var_get_guid(const u16 *name)
+{
+	for (size_t i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(name_type); ++i) {
+		if (!u16_strcmp(name, name_type[i].name))
+			return name_type[i].guid;
+	}
+	return &efi_global_variable_guid;
+}
+
 /**
  * efi_get_var() - read value of an EFI variable
  *