diff --git a/include/libvirt/libvirt-host.h b/include/libvirt/libvirt-host.h
index 070550bfd5bb82886e4b3cdf4f640fcafb4c5179..3669711a1754bf145ae98f1876a65870bd0b430a 100644
--- a/include/libvirt/libvirt-host.h
+++ b/include/libvirt/libvirt-host.h
@@ -326,6 +326,12 @@ virTypedParamsAddString (virTypedParameterPtr *params,
                          const char *name,
                          const char *value);
 int
+virTypedParamsAddStringList(virTypedParameterPtr *params,
+                         int *nparams,
+                         int *maxparams,
+                         const char *name,
+                         const char **values);
+int
 virTypedParamsAddFromString(virTypedParameterPtr *params,
                          int *nparams,
                          int *maxparams,
diff --git a/src/libvirt_public.syms b/src/libvirt_public.syms
index 716dd2fac35b09b20b07d2c081a0a74ff6752244..59d8c122023044ce378fd5f7024ef23c11cd3736 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_public.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_public.syms
@@ -715,4 +715,9 @@ LIBVIRT_1.2.16 {
         virDomainSetUserPassword;
 } LIBVIRT_1.2.15;
 
+LIBVIRT_1.3.0 {
+    global:
+        virTypedParamsAddStringList;
+} LIBVIRT_1.2.16;
+
 # .... define new API here using predicted next version number ....
diff --git a/src/util/virtypedparam.c b/src/util/virtypedparam.c
index a9cc1bc48aa97b9b9ef06e6c481545627bf26c73..106403c9e9507704e3ee2966c38ed4d82f2487a8 100644
--- a/src/util/virtypedparam.c
+++ b/src/util/virtypedparam.c
@@ -1187,6 +1187,42 @@ virTypedParamsAddString(virTypedParameterPtr *params,
     return -1;
 }
 
+/**
+ * virTypedParamsAddStringList:
+ * @params: array of typed parameters
+ * @nparams: number of parameters in the @params array
+ * @maxparams: maximum number of parameters that can be stored in @params
+ *      array without allocating more memory
+ * @name: name of the parameter to store values to
+ * @values: the values to store into the new parameters
+ *
+ * Packs NULL-terminated list of strings @values into @params under the
+ * key @name.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success, -1 on error.
+ */
+int
+virTypedParamsAddStringList(virTypedParameterPtr *params,
+                            int *nparams,
+                            int *maxparams,
+                            const char *name,
+                            const char **values)
+{
+    size_t i;
+    int rv = -1;
+
+    if (!values)
+        return 0;
+
+    for (i = 0; values[i]; i++) {
+        if ((rv = virTypedParamsAddString(params, nparams, maxparams,
+                                          name, values[i])) < 0)
+            break;
+    }
+
+    return rv;
+}
+
 
 /**
  * virTypedParamsAddFromString:
diff --git a/tests/virtypedparamtest.c b/tests/virtypedparamtest.c
index ef0be46e327658617ecc4c9571533998b4fac2c2..b7bd72f50b07a3450d4d15fdd4bdb467c74d4166 100644
--- a/tests/virtypedparamtest.c
+++ b/tests/virtypedparamtest.c
@@ -125,6 +125,31 @@ testTypedParamsFilter(const void *opaque ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
     return rv;
 }
 
+static int
+testTypedParamsAddStringList(const void *opaque ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
+{
+    int rv = 0;
+    virTypedParameterPtr params = NULL;
+    int nparams = 0, maxparams = 0, i;
+
+    const char *values[] = {
+        "foo", "bar", "foobar", NULL
+    };
+
+    rv = virTypedParamsAddStringList(&params, &nparams, &maxparams, "param",
+                                     values);
+
+    for (i = 0; i < nparams; i++) {
+        if (STRNEQ(params[i].field, "param") ||
+            STRNEQ(params[i].value.s, values[i]) ||
+            params[i].type != VIR_TYPED_PARAM_STRING)
+            rv = -1;
+    }
+
+    virTypedParamsFree(params, nparams);
+    return rv;
+}
+
 static int
 testTypedParamsGetStringList(const void *opaque ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
 {
@@ -260,6 +285,9 @@ mymain(void)
     if (virtTestRun("Get All Strings", testTypedParamsGetStringList, NULL) < 0)
         rv = -1;
 
+    if (virtTestRun("Add string list", testTypedParamsAddStringList, NULL) < 0)
+        rv = -1;
+
     if (rv < 0)
         return EXIT_FAILURE;
     return EXIT_SUCCESS;