diff --git a/internal/pkg/openflow/role.go b/internal/pkg/openflow/role.go
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+/*
+   Copyright 2020 the original author or authors.
+
+   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.
+*/
+
+package openflow
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	ofp "github.com/donNewtonAlpha/goloxi/of13"
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/v2/pkg/log"
+)
+
+func (ofc *OFClient) handleRoleRequest(request *ofp.RoleRequest) {
+	if logger.V(log.DebugLevel) {
+		js, _ := json.Marshal(request)
+		logger.Debugw("handleRoleRequest called",
+			log.Fields{
+				"device-id": ofc.DeviceID,
+				"request":   js})
+	}
+	reply := ofp.NewRoleReply()
+	reply.SetXid(request.GetXid())
+	reply.SetVersion(request.GetVersion())
+	reply.SetRole(request.GetRole())
+	reply.SetGenerationId(request.GetGenerationId())
+	ofc.SendMessage(reply)
+}