diff --git a/libnm-core/nm-libnm-core-intern/nm-libnm-core-utils.c b/libnm-core/nm-libnm-core-intern/nm-libnm-core-utils.c
index 0e53016490..5e98d212c8 100644
--- a/libnm-core/nm-libnm-core-intern/nm-libnm-core-utils.c
+++ b/libnm-core/nm-libnm-core-intern/nm-libnm-core-utils.c
@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@
 
 /*****************************************************************************/
 
+const char **
+nm_utils_bond_option_arp_ip_targets_split (const char *arp_ip_target)
+{
+	return nm_utils_strsplit_set_full (arp_ip_target, ",", NM_UTILS_STRSPLIT_SET_FLAGS_STRSTRIP);
+}
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
 gboolean
 nm_utils_vlan_priority_map_parse_str (NMVlanPriorityMap map_type,
                                       const char *str,
diff --git a/libnm-core/nm-libnm-core-intern/nm-libnm-core-utils.h b/libnm-core/nm-libnm-core-intern/nm-libnm-core-utils.h
index afc214d4f3..d74a39f3d7 100644
--- a/libnm-core/nm-libnm-core-intern/nm-libnm-core-utils.h
+++ b/libnm-core/nm-libnm-core-intern/nm-libnm-core-utils.h
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ NM_AUTO_DEFINE_FCN0 (NMWireGuardPeer *, _nm_auto_unref_wgpeer, nm_wireguard_peer
 
 /****************************************************************************/
 
+const char **nm_utils_bond_option_arp_ip_targets_split (const char *arp_ip_target);
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
 static inline guint32
 nm_utils_vlan_priority_map_get_max_prio (NMVlanPriorityMap map, gboolean from)
 {