diff --git a/nslsii/epics_utils.py b/nslsii/epics_utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..69ed7ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nslsii/epics_utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import argparse
+import socket
+from socket import gaierror, herror
+
+from caproto.threading.client import Context
+
+
+def get_ioc_hostname(pvname):
+    """A helper function to get the IOC hostname based on the provided PV."""
+
+    ctx = Context()
+    (pv,) = ctx.get_pvs(pvname)
+    pv.wait_for_connection()
+    s = pv.circuit_manager.socket
+
+    epics_addr = s.getpeername()[0]
+    sci_addr = epics_addr.split(".")
+    sci_addr[2] = str(int(sci_addr[2]) - 3)
+    sci_addr = ".".join(sci_addr)
+
+    try:
+        hostname = socket.gethostbyaddr(sci_addr)[0]
+    except (gaierror, herror):
+        hostname = socket.gethostbyaddr(epics_addr)[0]
+
+    return hostname
+
+
+def main():
+    # Used by the `sync-experiment` command
+
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Start or switch beamline experiment and record it in Redis")
+    parser.add_argument("-p", "--pv", dest="pvname", type=str, help="PV to query information about", required=True)
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    hostname = get_ioc_hostname(args.pvname)
+    print(f"IOC hostname for {args.pvname} is {hostname}")
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3725833..34ec90f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
     install_requires=requirements,
     entry_points={
         "console_scripts": [
-            # 'command = some.module:some_function',
             "sync-experiment = nslsii.sync_experiment:main",
+            "what-is-ioc = nslsii.epics_utils:main",
         ],
     },
 )