diff --git a/cli/src/utils.c b/cli/src/utils.c
index d76ee01955..4c4703123d 100644
--- a/cli/src/utils.c
+++ b/cli/src/utils.c
@@ -196,6 +196,25 @@ nmc_get_user_input (const char *ask_str)
 	return line;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Split string in 'line' according to 'delim' to (argument) array.
+ */
+int
+nmc_string_to_arg_array (const char *line, const char *delim, char ***argv, int *argc)
+{
+	int i = 0;
+	char **arr;
+
+	arr = g_strsplit_set (line ? line : "", delim ? delim : " \t", 0);
+	while (arr && arr[i])
+		i++;
+
+	*argc = i;
+	*argv = arr;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * Find out how many columns an UTF-8 string occupies on the screen
  */
diff --git a/cli/src/utils.h b/cli/src/utils.h
index 54d5b4f396..7aabd96440 100644
--- a/cli/src/utils.h
+++ b/cli/src/utils.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ char *nmc_ip6_address_as_string (const struct in6_addr *ip, GError **error);
 void nmc_terminal_erase_line (void);
 void nmc_terminal_show_progress (const char *str);
 char *nmc_get_user_input (const char *ask_str);
+int nmc_string_to_arg_array (const char *line, const char *delim, char ***argv, int *argc);
 int nmc_string_screen_width (const char *start, const char *end);
 void set_val_str (NmcOutputField fields_array[], guint32 index, char *value);
 void set_val_arr (NmcOutputField fields_array[], guint32 index, char **value);