diff --git a/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.c b/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.c
index 74f8a9b3f5..171e661a95 100644
--- a/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.c
+++ b/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.c
@@ -831,6 +831,15 @@ nm_strcmp_p_with_data (gconstpointer a, gconstpointer b, gpointer user_data)
 	return strcmp (s1, s2);
 }
 
+int
+nm_strcmp0_p_with_data (gconstpointer a, gconstpointer b, gpointer user_data)
+{
+	const char *s1 = *((const char **) a);
+	const char *s2 = *((const char **) b);
+
+	return nm_strcmp0 (s1, s2);
+}
+
 int
 nm_cmp_uint32_p_with_data (gconstpointer p_a, gconstpointer p_b, gpointer user_data)
 {
diff --git a/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.h b/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.h
index d1090af397..d9c430d495 100644
--- a/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.h
+++ b/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.h
@@ -920,6 +920,7 @@ nm_utf8_collate0 (const char *a, const char *b)
 
 int nm_strcmp_with_data (gconstpointer a, gconstpointer b, gpointer user_data);
 int nm_strcmp_p_with_data (gconstpointer a, gconstpointer b, gpointer user_data);
+int nm_strcmp0_p_with_data (gconstpointer a, gconstpointer b, gpointer user_data);
 int nm_cmp_uint32_p_with_data (gconstpointer p_a, gconstpointer p_b, gpointer user_data);
 int nm_cmp_int2ptr_p_with_data (gconstpointer p_a, gconstpointer p_b, gpointer user_data);