diff --git a/MdeModulePkg/Core/Pei/PeiMain/PeiMain.c b/MdeModulePkg/Core/Pei/PeiMain/PeiMain.c
index 3220ffb8ee..d019141c6e 100644
--- a/MdeModulePkg/Core/Pei/PeiMain/PeiMain.c
+++ b/MdeModulePkg/Core/Pei/PeiMain/PeiMain.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /** @file
   Pei Core Main Entry Point
   
-Copyright (c) 2006 - 2014, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.<BR>
+Copyright (c) 2006 - 2015, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.<BR>
 This program and the accompanying materials
 are licensed and made available under the terms and conditions of the BSD License
 which accompanies this distribution.  The full text of the license may be found at
@@ -436,6 +436,17 @@ PeiCore (
              );
   ASSERT_EFI_ERROR (Status);
 
+  if (EFI_ERROR (Status)) {
+    //
+    // Report status code to indicate DXE IPL PPI could not be found.
+    //
+    REPORT_STATUS_CODE (
+      EFI_ERROR_CODE | EFI_ERROR_MAJOR,
+      (EFI_SOFTWARE_PEI_CORE | EFI_SW_PEI_CORE_EC_DXEIPL_NOT_FOUND)
+      );
+    CpuDeadLoop ();
+  }
+
   //
   // Enter DxeIpl to load Dxe core.
   //