diff --git a/MdePkg/Include/Library/UefiImageLib.h b/MdePkg/Include/Library/UefiImageLib.h
index 58573746a7..ecdb706fd9 100644
--- a/MdePkg/Include/Library/UefiImageLib.h
+++ b/MdePkg/Include/Library/UefiImageLib.h
@@ -125,6 +125,18 @@ UefiImageInitializeContext (
   IN  UINT32                           FileSize
   );
 
+/**
+  Retrieves the UefiImageLib Image format identifier.
+
+  @param[out] Context     The context describing the Image.
+
+  @returns  The UefiImageLib format identifier.
+**/
+UINT8
+UefiImageGetFormat (
+  IN OUT UEFI_IMAGE_LOADER_IMAGE_CONTEXT  *Context
+  );
+
 /**
   Hashes the Image using the format's default hashing algorithm.
 
diff --git a/MdePkg/Library/BaseUefiImageLib/UefiImageLibPeCoff.c b/MdePkg/Library/BaseUefiImageLib/UefiImageLibPeCoff.c
index 7c7666c077..78f3419177 100644
--- a/MdePkg/Library/BaseUefiImageLib/UefiImageLibPeCoff.c
+++ b/MdePkg/Library/BaseUefiImageLib/UefiImageLibPeCoff.c
@@ -46,6 +46,14 @@ UefiImageInitializeContextPostHash (
   return RETURN_SUCCESS;
 }
 
+UINT8
+UefiImageGetFormat (
+  IN OUT UEFI_IMAGE_LOADER_IMAGE_CONTEXT  *Context
+  )
+{
+  return UefiImageFormatPe;
+}
+
 BOOLEAN
 UefiImageHashImageDefault (
   IN OUT UEFI_IMAGE_LOADER_IMAGE_CONTEXT  *Context,