diff --git a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/shvar.c b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/shvar.c
index 75b19d5383..df7849bfb5 100644
--- a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/shvar.c
+++ b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/shvar.c
@@ -447,6 +447,12 @@ svSetValueInt64 (shvarFile *s, const char *key, gint64 value)
 	svSetValueFull (s, key, v, TRUE);
 }
 
+void
+svUnsetValue (shvarFile *s, const char *key)
+{
+	svSetValueFull (s, key, NULL, FALSE);
+}
+
 /* Write the current contents iff modified.  Returns FALSE on error
  * and TRUE on success.  Do not write if no values have been modified.
  * The mode argument is only used if creating the file, not if
diff --git a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/shvar.h b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/shvar.h
index 97df81284a..573e6413c0 100644
--- a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/shvar.h
+++ b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/shvar.h
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ void svSetValue (shvarFile *s, const char *key, const char *value, gboolean verb
 void svSetValueFull (shvarFile *s, const char *key, const char *value, gboolean verbatim);
 void svSetValueInt64 (shvarFile *s, const char *key, gint64 value);
 
+void svUnsetValue (shvarFile *s, const char *key);
 
 /* Write the current contents iff modified.  Returns FALSE on error
  * and TRUE on success.  Do not write if no values have been modified.