diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index cfe8f48f3..3a73c7c1b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-version v1.6.0
 	github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2 v2.29.0
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.2
 	github.com/vmware/go-vmware-nsxt v0.0.0-20220328155605-f49a14c1ef5f
 	github.com/vmware/vsphere-automation-sdk-go/lib v0.7.0
 	github.com/vmware/vsphere-automation-sdk-go/runtime v0.7.0
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/apparentlymart/go-textseg/v15 v15.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/beevik/etree v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.3.7 // indirect
+	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.13.0 // indirect
 	github.com/gibson042/canonicaljson-go v1.0.3 // indirect
 	github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4 v4.3.0 // indirect
@@ -53,6 +55,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/reflectwalk v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/oklog/run v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/vmihailenco/msgpack v4.0.4+incompatible // indirect
 	github.com/vmihailenco/msgpack/v5 v5.3.5 // indirect
 	github.com/vmihailenco/tagparser/v2 v2.0.0 // indirect
@@ -67,4 +70,5 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20230525234030-28d5490b6b19 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.57.1 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/nsxt/policy_utils.go b/nsxt/policy_utils.go
index dc0848be1..89930874c 100644
--- a/nsxt/policy_utils.go
+++ b/nsxt/policy_utils.go
@@ -188,6 +188,55 @@ func getResourceIDFromResourcePath(rPath string, rType string) string {
 	return ""
 }
 
+func parseStandardPolicyPath(path string) ([]string, error) {
+	var parents []string
+	segments := strings.Split(path, "/")
+	if len(segments) < 3 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid policy path %s", path)
+	}
+	if segments[0] != "" {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("policy path is expected to start with /")
+	}
+	// starting with *infra index
+	idx := 1
+	infraPath := true
+	if segments[1] == "orgs" {
+		if len(segments) < 5 {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid multitenant policy path %s", path)
+		}
+
+		// append org and project
+		parents = append(parents, segments[2])
+		parents = append(parents, segments[4])
+		idx = 5
+
+		if len(segments) > 6 && segments[5] == "vpcs" {
+			parents = append(parents, segments[6])
+			idx = 7
+			// vpc paths do not contain infra
+			infraPath = false
+		}
+	}
+	if len(segments) <= idx {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected policy path %s", path)
+	}
+	if infraPath {
+		// continue after infra marker
+		if segments[idx] != "infra" && segments[idx] != "global-infra" {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("policy path %s is expected to contain *infra marker", path)
+		}
+		idx += 1
+	}
+
+	for i, seg := range segments[idx:] {
+		// in standard policy path, odd segments are object ids
+		if i%2 == 1 {
+			parents = append(parents, seg)
+		}
+	}
+	return parents, nil
+}
+
 func nsxtDomainResourceImporter(d *schema.ResourceData, m interface{}) ([]*schema.ResourceData, error) {
 	importDomain := defaultDomain
 	importID := d.Id()
diff --git a/nsxt/policy_utils_test.go b/nsxt/policy_utils_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..99aedd515
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nsxt/policy_utils_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+/* Copyright © 2024 Broadcom, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+   SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0 */
+
+package nsxt
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+type policyPathTest struct {
+	path    string
+	parents []string
+}
+
+func TestParseStandardPolicyPath(t *testing.T) {
+
+	testData := []policyPathTest{
+		policyPathTest{
+			path:    "/infra/tier-1s/mygw1",
+			parents: []string{"mygw1"},
+		},
+		policyPathTest{
+			path:    "/global-infra/tier-0s/mygw1",
+			parents: []string{"mygw1"},
+		},
+		policyPathTest{
+			path:    "/orgs/myorg/projects/myproj/infra/tier-1s/mygw1",
+			parents: []string{"myorg", "myproj", "mygw1"},
+		},
+		policyPathTest{
+			path:    "/orgs/myorg/projects/myproj/vpcs/myvpc/tier-1s/mygw1",
+			parents: []string{"myorg", "myproj", "myvpc", "mygw1"},
+		},
+		policyPathTest{
+			path:    "/orgs/myorg/projects/myproj/infra/domains/d1/groups/g1",
+			parents: []string{"myorg", "myproj", "d1", "g1"},
+		},
+		policyPathTest{
+			path:    "/global-infra/tier-1s/t15/ipsec-vpn-services/default/sessions/xxx-yyy-xxx",
+			parents: []string{"t15", "default", "xxx-yyy-xxx"},
+		},
+		policyPathTest{
+			path:    "/infra/evpn-tenant-configs/{config-id}",
+			parents: []string{"{config-id}"},
+		},
+		policyPathTest{
+			path:    "/infra/tier-0s/{tier-0-id}/locale-services/{locale-service-id}/service-interfaces/{interface-id}",
+			parents: []string{"{tier-0-id}", "{locale-service-id}", "{interface-id}"},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range testData {
+		parents, err := parseStandardPolicyPath(test.path)
+		assert.Nil(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, test.parents, parents)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestIsPolicyPath(t *testing.T) {
+
+	testData := []string{
+		"/infra/tier-1s/mygw1",
+		"/global-infra/tier-1s/mygw1",
+		"/orgs/infra/tier-1s/mygw1",
+		"/orgs/myorg/projects/myproj/domains/d",
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range testData {
+		pp := isPolicyPath(test)
+		assert.True(t, pp)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNegativeParseStandardPolicyPath(t *testing.T) {
+
+	testData := []string{
+		"/some-infra/tier-1s/mygw1",
+		"orgs/infra/tier-1s/mygw1-1",
+		"orgs/infra  /tier-1s/mygw1-1",
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range testData {
+		_, err := parseStandardPolicyPath(test)
+		assert.NotNil(t, err)
+	}
+}