diff --git a/libnm-core/nm-keyfile-utils.c b/libnm-core/nm-keyfile-utils.c
index ff12fa1063..bf841cc0e5 100644
--- a/libnm-core/nm-keyfile-utils.c
+++ b/libnm-core/nm-keyfile-utils.c
@@ -184,6 +184,38 @@ DEFINE_KF_WRAPPER(uint64, guint64, guint64);
 DEFINE_KF_WRAPPER(boolean, gboolean, gboolean);
 DEFINE_KF_WRAPPER(value, char*, const char*);
 
+gint64
+nm_keyfile_plugin_kf_get_int64 (GKeyFile *kf,
+                                const char *group,
+                                const char *key,
+                                guint base,
+                                gint64 min,
+                                gint64 max,
+                                gint64 fallback,
+                                GError **error)
+{
+	gs_free char *s = NULL;
+	int errsv;
+	gint64 v;
+
+	s = nm_keyfile_plugin_kf_get_value (kf, group, key, error);
+	if (!s) {
+		errno = ENODATA;
+		return fallback;
+	}
+
+	v = _nm_utils_ascii_str_to_int64 (s, base, min, max, fallback);
+	errsv = errno;
+	if (   errsv != 0
+	    && error) {
+		g_set_error (error, G_KEY_FILE_ERROR, G_KEY_FILE_ERROR_INVALID_VALUE,
+		             _("value is not an integer in range [%lld, %lld]"),
+		             (long long) min, (long long) max);
+		errno = errsv;
+	}
+	return v;
+}
+
 char **
 nm_keyfile_plugin_kf_get_keys (GKeyFile *kf,
                                const char *group,
diff --git a/libnm-core/nm-keyfile-utils.h b/libnm-core/nm-keyfile-utils.h
index 18d5dce831..aa647cf798 100644
--- a/libnm-core/nm-keyfile-utils.h
+++ b/libnm-core/nm-keyfile-utils.h
@@ -73,6 +73,15 @@ DEFINE_KF_WRAPPER_PROTO(boolean, gboolean, gboolean)
 DEFINE_KF_WRAPPER_PROTO(value, char*, const char*)
 
 /* Misc */
+gint64 nm_keyfile_plugin_kf_get_int64 (GKeyFile *kf,
+                                       const char *group,
+                                       const char *key,
+                                       guint base,
+                                       gint64 min,
+                                       gint64 max,
+                                       gint64 fallback,
+                                       GError **error);
+
 char ** nm_keyfile_plugin_kf_get_keys    (GKeyFile *kf,
                                            const char *group,
                                            gsize *out_length,
diff --git a/po/POTFILES.in b/po/POTFILES.in
index 942b066131..33192b1dd0 100644
--- a/po/POTFILES.in
+++ b/po/POTFILES.in
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ libnm-core/nm-crypto-gnutls.c
 libnm-core/nm-crypto-nss.c
 libnm-core/nm-connection.c
 libnm-core/nm-dbus-utils.c
+libnm-core/nm-keyfile-utils.c
 libnm-core/nm-keyfile.c
 libnm-core/nm-setting-6lowpan.c
 libnm-core/nm-setting-8021x.c