diff --git a/include/nm-utils-internal.h b/include/nm-utils-internal.h
index 5d35225d0f..1c746beac3 100644
--- a/include/nm-utils-internal.h
+++ b/include/nm-utils-internal.h
@@ -23,5 +23,22 @@
 #define __NM_UTILS_INTERNAL_H__
 
 
+/* http://stackoverflow.com/a/11172679 */
+#define  _NM_UTILS_MACRO_FIRST(...)                           __NM_UTILS_MACRO_FIRST_HELPER(__VA_ARGS__, throwaway)
+#define __NM_UTILS_MACRO_FIRST_HELPER(first, ...)             first
+
+#define  _NM_UTILS_MACRO_REST(...)                            __NM_UTILS_MACRO_REST_HELPER(__NM_UTILS_MACRO_REST_NUM(__VA_ARGS__), __VA_ARGS__)
+#define __NM_UTILS_MACRO_REST_HELPER(qty, ...)                __NM_UTILS_MACRO_REST_HELPER2(qty, __VA_ARGS__)
+#define __NM_UTILS_MACRO_REST_HELPER2(qty, ...)               __NM_UTILS_MACRO_REST_HELPER_##qty(__VA_ARGS__)
+#define __NM_UTILS_MACRO_REST_HELPER_ONE(first)
+#define __NM_UTILS_MACRO_REST_HELPER_TWOORMORE(first, ...)    , __VA_ARGS__
+#define __NM_UTILS_MACRO_REST_NUM(...) \
+    __NM_UTILS_MACRO_REST_SELECT_20TH(__VA_ARGS__, \
+                TWOORMORE, TWOORMORE, TWOORMORE, TWOORMORE, TWOORMORE,\
+                TWOORMORE, TWOORMORE, TWOORMORE, TWOORMORE, TWOORMORE,\
+                TWOORMORE, TWOORMORE, TWOORMORE, TWOORMORE, TWOORMORE,\
+                TWOORMORE, TWOORMORE, TWOORMORE, ONE, throwaway)
+#define __NM_UTILS_MACRO_REST_SELECT_20TH(a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, a7, a8, a9, a10, a11, a12, a13, a14, a15, a16, a17, a18, a19, a20, ...) a20
+
 
 #endif