diff --git a/sonic_platform_base/chassis_base.py b/sonic_platform_base/chassis_base.py
index e793a7bd1e90..e292cfcd3749 100644
--- a/sonic_platform_base/chassis_base.py
+++ b/sonic_platform_base/chassis_base.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 import sys
 from . import device_base
-
+from . import sfp_base
 
 class ChassisBase(device_base.DeviceBase):
     """
@@ -498,6 +498,27 @@ def get_sfp(self, index):
 
         return sfp
 
+
+    def get_port_or_cage_type(self, index):
+        """
+        Retrieves sfp port or cage type corresponding to physical port <index>
+
+        Args:
+            index: An integer (>=0), the index of the sfp to retrieve.
+                   The index should correspond to the physical port in a chassis.
+                   For example:-
+                   1 for Ethernet0, 2 for Ethernet4 and so on for one platform.
+                   0 for Ethernet0, 1 for Ethernet4 and so on for another platform.
+
+        Returns:
+            The masks of all types of port or cage that can be supported on the port
+            Types are defined in sfp_base.py
+            Eg.
+                Both SFP and SFP+ are supported on the port, the return value should be 0x0a
+                which is 0x02 | 0x08
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
     ##############################################
     # System LED methods
     ##############################################
@@ -582,4 +603,3 @@ def get_change_event(self, timeout=0):
                       status='6' Bad cable.
         """
         raise NotImplementedError
-
diff --git a/sonic_platform_base/sfp_base.py b/sonic_platform_base/sfp_base.py
index 725fa669daad..0d98caa293a6 100644
--- a/sonic_platform_base/sfp_base.py
+++ b/sonic_platform_base/sfp_base.py
@@ -52,6 +52,25 @@ class SfpBase(device_base.DeviceBase):
         SFP_ERROR_BIT_BAD_CABLE:               SFP_ERROR_DESCRIPTION_BAD_CABLE
     }
 
+    # Port types that are used by the chassis API ChassisBase.get_port_or_cage_type()
+    # It's possible that multiple types are supported on one port.
+    # In that case, the result will be logical OR of all the supported types
+    # Check example in ChassisBase.get_port_or_cage_type()
+    SFP_PORT_TYPE_BIT_RJ45                = 0x00000001
+    SFP_PORT_TYPE_BIT_SFP                 = 0x00000002
+    SFP_PORT_TYPE_BIT_XFP                 = 0x00000004
+    SFP_PORT_TYPE_BIT_SFP_PLUS            = 0x00000008
+    SFP_PORT_TYPE_BIT_QSFP                = 0x00000010
+    SFP_PORT_TYPE_BIT_CFP                 = 0x00000020
+    SFP_PORT_TYPE_BIT_QSFP_PLUS           = 0x00000040
+    SFP_PORT_TYPE_BIT_QSFP28              = 0x00000080
+    SFP_PORT_TYPE_BIT_SFP28               = 0x00000100
+    SFP_PORT_TYPE_BIT_CFP2                = 0x00000200
+    SFP_PORT_TYPE_BIT_QSFP56              = 0x00000400
+    SFP_PORT_TYPE_BIT_QSFPDD              = 0x00000800
+    SFP_PORT_TYPE_BIT_OSFP                = 0x00001000
+    SFP_PORT_TYPE_BIT_SFP_DD              = 0x00002000
+
     def __init__(self):
         # List of ThermalBase-derived objects representing all thermals
         # available on the SFP