diff --git a/src/libnm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.h b/src/libnm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.h
index d33cc3d177..aced71f985 100644
--- a/src/libnm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.h
+++ b/src/libnm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.h
@@ -556,6 +556,7 @@ extern const void *const _NM_PTRARRAY_EMPTY[1];
 
 #define NM_PTRARRAY_EMPTY(type) ((type const *) _NM_PTRARRAY_EMPTY)
 #define NM_STRV_EMPTY()         ((char **) _NM_PTRARRAY_EMPTY)
+#define NM_STRV_EMPTY_CC()      NM_PTRARRAY_EMPTY(const char *)
 
 static inline void
 _nm_utils_strbuf_init(char *buf, gsize len, char **p_buf_ptr, gsize *p_buf_len)