diff --git a/darshan-util/Makefile.in b/darshan-util/Makefile.in
index 1e3ad31284a4082659dcd116b1ad71892ec5f8ad..c91a4343a90d32e09f90a5f8bedd9a2fe23ccd91 100644
--- a/darshan-util/Makefile.in
+++ b/darshan-util/Makefile.in
@@ -51,10 +51,15 @@ darshan-posix-logutils.o: darshan-posix-logutils.c darshan-logutils.h darshan-po
 darshan-posix-logutils.po: darshan-posix-logutils.c darshan-logutils.h darshan-posix-logutils.h $(DARSHAN_LOG_FORMAT) $(srcdir)/../darshan-posix-log-format.h | uthash-1.9.2
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS_SHARED) -c  $< -o $@
 
-libdarshan-util.so: darshan-logutils.po darshan-posix-logutils.po
+darshan-mpiio-logutils.o: darshan-mpiio-logutils.c darshan-logutils.h darshan-mpiio-logutils.h $(DARSHAN_LOG_FORMAT) $(srcdir)/../darshan-mpiio-log-format.h | uthash-1.9.2
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c  $< -o $@
+darshan-mpiio-logutils.po: darshan-mpiio-logutils.c darshan-logutils.h darshan-mpiio-logutils.h $(DARSHAN_LOG_FORMAT) $(srcdir)/../darshan-mpiio-log-format.h | uthash-1.9.2
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS_SHARED) -c  $< -o $@
+
+libdarshan-util.so: darshan-logutils.po darshan-posix-logutils.po darshan-mpiio-logutils.po
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS_SHARED) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^ $(LIBS)
 	
-libdarshan-util.a: darshan-logutils.o darshan-posix-logutils.o
+libdarshan-util.a: darshan-logutils.o darshan-posix-logutils.o darshan-mpiio-logutils.o
 	ar rcs libdarshan-util.a $^
 
 jenkins: util/bin/jenkins.o lookup3.o
diff --git a/darshan-util/darshan-mpiio-logutils.c b/darshan-util/darshan-mpiio-logutils.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..33fc1c397d8fac9bb646808c2ddff4d6aff7cd5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/darshan-util/darshan-mpiio-logutils.c
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 University of Chicago.
+ * See COPYRIGHT notice in top-level directory.
+ *
+ */
+
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include "darshan-util-config.h"
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <inttypes.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+#include "darshan-mpiio-logutils.h"
+
+int darshan_log_get_mpiio_file(darshan_fd fd, struct darshan_mpiio_file *file)
+{
+    int i;
+    int ret;
+
+    /* reset file record, so that diff compares against a zero'd out record
+     * if file is missing
+     */
+    memset(file, 0, sizeof(*file));
+
+    ret = darshan_log_get_moddat(fd, DARSHAN_MPIIO_MOD,
+        (void *)file, sizeof(*file));
+    if(ret == 1)
+    {
+        if(fd->swap_flag)
+        {
+            /* swap bytes if necessary */
+            DARSHAN_BSWAP64(&file->f_id);
+            DARSHAN_BSWAP64(&file->rank);
+            for(i=0; i<DARSHAN_MPIIO_NUM_INDICES; i++)
+                DARSHAN_BSWAP64(&file->counters[i]);
+            for(i=0; i<DARSHAN_MPIIO_F_NUM_INDICES; i++)
+                DARSHAN_BSWAP64(&file->fcounters[i]);
+        }
+    }
+
+    return(ret);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Local variables:
+ *  c-indent-level: 4
+ *  c-basic-offset: 4
+ * End:
+ *
+ * vim: ts=8 sts=4 sw=4 expandtab
+ */
diff --git a/darshan-util/darshan-mpiio-logutils.h b/darshan-util/darshan-mpiio-logutils.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..965225f9c08ebba14980de913d7171490d403b87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/darshan-util/darshan-mpiio-logutils.h
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 University of Chicago.
+ * See COPYRIGHT notice in top-level directory.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef __DARSHAN_MPIIO_LOG_UTILS_H
+#define __DARSHAN_MPIIO_LOG_UTILS_H
+
+#include "darshan-logutils.h"
+#include "darshan-mpiio-log-format.h"
+
+int darshan_log_get_mpiio_file(darshan_fd fd, struct darshan_mpiio_file *file);
+
+#endif