diff --git a/src/pulsecore/core-util.c b/src/pulsecore/core-util.c
index b747cd848..0b64edbab 100644
--- a/src/pulsecore/core-util.c
+++ b/src/pulsecore/core-util.c
@@ -2732,3 +2732,15 @@ void pa_disable_sigpipe(void) {
     }
 #endif
 }
+
+void pa_xfreev(void**a) {
+    void **p;
+
+    if (!a)
+        return;
+
+    for (p = a; *p; p++)
+        pa_xfree(*p);
+
+    pa_xfree(a);
+}
diff --git a/src/pulsecore/core-util.h b/src/pulsecore/core-util.h
index d073b750f..5a12ad3fe 100644
--- a/src/pulsecore/core-util.h
+++ b/src/pulsecore/core-util.h
@@ -229,4 +229,10 @@ char *pa_realpath(const char *path);
 
 void pa_disable_sigpipe(void);
 
+void pa_xfreev(void**a);
+
+static inline void pa_xstrfreev(char **a) {
+    pa_xfreev((void**) a);
+}
+
 #endif