diff --git a/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.h b/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.h
index 7bc9e00214..2919865610 100644
--- a/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.h
+++ b/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.h
@@ -1262,6 +1262,30 @@ nm_g_variant_is_of_type (GVariant *value,
 	       && g_variant_is_of_type (value, type);
 }
 
+static inline void
+nm_g_variant_builder_add_sv (GVariantBuilder *builder, const char *key, GVariant *val)
+{
+	g_variant_builder_add (builder, "{sv}", key, val);
+}
+
+static inline void
+nm_g_variant_builder_add_sv_bytearray (GVariantBuilder *builder, const char *key, const guint8 *arr, gsize len)
+{
+	g_variant_builder_add (builder, "{sv}", key, g_variant_new_fixed_array (G_VARIANT_TYPE_BYTE, arr, len, 1));
+}
+
+static inline void
+nm_g_variant_builder_add_sv_uint32 (GVariantBuilder *builder, const char *key, guint32 val)
+{
+	nm_g_variant_builder_add_sv (builder, key, g_variant_new_uint32 (val));
+}
+
+static inline void
+nm_g_variant_builder_add_sv_str (GVariantBuilder *builder, const char *key, const char *str)
+{
+	nm_g_variant_builder_add_sv (builder, key, g_variant_new_string (str));
+}
+
 static inline void
 nm_g_source_destroy_and_unref (GSource *source)
 {