diff --git a/src/platform/nm-platform.h b/src/platform/nm-platform.h
index 2011617686..fc7bf73edb 100644
--- a/src/platform/nm-platform.h
+++ b/src/platform/nm-platform.h
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ struct _NMPlatformIP4Address {
 	 * addresses that only differ by their peer's network-part.
 	 *
 	 * Beware that for most cases, NetworkManager doesn't want to set an explicit
-	 * peer-address. Hoever, that corresponds to setting the peer address to @address
+	 * peer-address. However, that corresponds to setting the peer address to @address
 	 * itself. Leaving peer-address unset/zero, means explicitly setting the peer
 	 * address to 0.0.0.0, which you probably don't want.
 	 * */
@@ -377,6 +377,12 @@ typedef union {
 
 #undef __NMPlatformIPAddress_COMMON
 
+#define NM_PLATFORM_IP4_ADDRESS_INIT(...) \
+	(&((const NMPlatformIP4Address) { __VA_ARGS__ }))
+
+#define NM_PLATFORM_IP6_ADDRESS_INIT(...) \
+	(&((const NMPlatformIP6Address) { __VA_ARGS__ }))
+
 /* Default value for adding an IPv4 route. This is also what iproute2 does.
  * Note that contrary to IPv6, you can add routes with metric 0 and it is even
  * the default.