diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
index a705fa846d4e467f49e28ddffe946136f96e3d35..bc8cc1fba9e39bccdd0ae7909b230fe79b5aa8b7 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
@@ -2769,6 +2769,7 @@ virStringListGetFirstWithPrefix;
 virStringListHasString;
 virStringListJoin;
 virStringListLength;
+virStringListMerge;
 virStringListRemove;
 virStringMatch;
 virStringParsePort;
diff --git a/src/util/virstring.c b/src/util/virstring.c
index 2ec9f3544ba8ea513d1d89aadb0c302094aaf967..15f367af7c18962fcbb20085ca96530030d61bc8 100644
--- a/src/util/virstring.c
+++ b/src/util/virstring.c
@@ -239,6 +239,42 @@ virStringListRemove(char ***strings,
 }
 
 
+/**
+ * virStringListMerge:
+ * @dst: a NULL-terminated array of strings to expand
+ * @src: a NULL-terminated array of strings
+ *
+ * Merges @src into @dst. Upon successful return from this
+ * function, @dst is resized to $(dst + src) elements and @src is
+ * freed.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success, -1 otherwise.
+ */
+int
+virStringListMerge(char ***dst,
+                   char ***src)
+{
+    size_t dst_len, src_len, i;
+
+    if (!src || !*src)
+        return 0;
+
+    dst_len = virStringListLength((const char **) *dst);
+    src_len = virStringListLength((const char **) *src);
+
+    if (VIR_REALLOC_N(*dst, dst_len + src_len + 1) < 0)
+        return -1;
+
+    for (i = 0; i <= src_len; i++)
+        (*dst)[i + dst_len] = (*src)[i];
+
+    /* Don't call virStringListFree() as it would free strings in
+     * @src. */
+    VIR_FREE(*src);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+
 /**
  * virStringListCopy:
  * @dst: where to store the copy of @strings
diff --git a/src/util/virstring.h b/src/util/virstring.h
index 8af054bce7030f70929d3dfe664f3ad843c74dbe..fa2ec1df4defca3a5b79e773792b67a2eac57373 100644
--- a/src/util/virstring.h
+++ b/src/util/virstring.h
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ char **virStringListAdd(const char **strings,
 void virStringListRemove(char ***strings,
                          const char *item);
 
+int virStringListMerge(char ***dst,
+                       char ***src);
+
 int virStringListCopy(char ***dst,
                       const char **src);