diff --git a/string_list.c b/string_list.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..72128434c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/string_list.c
@@ -0,0 +1,175 @@
+/*  RetroArch - A frontend for libretro.
+ *  Copyright (C) 2010-2014 - Hans-Kristian Arntzen
+ *  Copyright (C) 2011-2014 - Daniel De Matteis
+ * 
+ *  RetroArch is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms
+ *  of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Found-
+ *  ation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  RetroArch is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
+ *  without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+ *  PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with RetroArch.
+ *  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include "miscellaneous.h"
+#include "compat/strl.h"
+#include "string_list.h"
+
+void string_list_free(struct string_list *list)
+{
+   size_t i;
+   if (!list)
+      return;
+
+   for (i = 0; i < list->size; i++)
+      free(list->elems[i].data);
+   free(list->elems);
+   free(list);
+}
+
+static bool string_list_capacity(struct string_list *list, size_t cap)
+{
+   rarch_assert(cap > list->size);
+
+   struct string_list_elem *new_data = (struct string_list_elem*)
+      realloc(list->elems, cap * sizeof(*new_data));
+   if (!new_data)
+      return false;
+
+   list->elems = new_data;
+   list->cap   = cap;
+   return true;
+}
+
+struct string_list *string_list_new(void)
+{
+   struct string_list *list = (struct string_list*)calloc(1, sizeof(*list));
+   if (!list)
+      return NULL;
+
+   if (!string_list_capacity(list, 32))
+   {
+      string_list_free(list);
+      return NULL;
+   }
+
+   return list;
+}
+
+bool string_list_append(struct string_list *list, const char *elem,
+      union string_list_elem_attr attr)
+{
+   if (list->size >= list->cap &&
+         !string_list_capacity(list, list->cap * 2))
+      return false;
+
+   char *dup = strdup(elem);
+   if (!dup)
+      return false;
+
+   list->elems[list->size].data = dup;
+   list->elems[list->size].attr = attr;
+
+   list->size++;
+   return true;
+}
+
+void string_list_set(struct string_list *list, unsigned index, const char *str)
+{
+   free(list->elems[index].data);
+   rarch_assert(list->elems[index].data = strdup(str));
+}
+
+void string_list_join_concat(char *buffer, size_t size,
+      const struct string_list *list, const char *sep)
+{
+   size_t len = strlen(buffer);
+   rarch_assert(len < size);
+   buffer += len;
+   size -= len;
+
+   size_t i;
+   for (i = 0; i < list->size; i++)
+   {
+      strlcat(buffer, list->elems[i].data, size);
+      if ((i + 1) < list->size)
+         strlcat(buffer, sep, size);
+   }
+}
+
+struct string_list *string_split(const char *str, const char *delim)
+{
+   char *copy      = NULL;
+   const char *tmp = NULL;
+
+   struct string_list *list = string_list_new();
+   if (!list)
+      goto error;
+
+   copy = strdup(str);
+   if (!copy)
+      goto error;
+
+   char *save;
+   tmp = strtok_r(copy, delim, &save);
+   while (tmp)
+   {
+      union string_list_elem_attr attr;
+      memset(&attr, 0, sizeof(attr));
+
+      if (!string_list_append(list, tmp, attr))
+         goto error;
+
+      tmp = strtok_r(NULL, delim, &save);
+   }
+
+   free(copy);
+   return list;
+
+error:
+   string_list_free(list);
+   free(copy);
+   return NULL;
+}
+
+bool string_list_find_elem(const struct string_list *list, const char *elem)
+{
+   size_t i;
+   if (!list)
+      return false;
+
+   for (i = 0; i < list->size; i++)
+   {
+      if (strcasecmp(list->elems[i].data, elem) == 0)
+         return true;
+   }
+
+   return false;
+}
+
+bool string_list_find_elem_prefix(const struct string_list *list,
+      const char *prefix, const char *elem)
+{
+   size_t i;
+   if (!list)
+      return false;
+
+   char prefixed[PATH_MAX];
+   snprintf(prefixed, sizeof(prefixed), "%s%s", prefix, elem);
+
+   for (i = 0; i < list->size; i++)
+   {
+      if (strcasecmp(list->elems[i].data, elem) == 0 ||
+            strcasecmp(list->elems[i].data, prefixed) == 0)
+         return true;
+   }
+
+   return false;
+}
diff --git a/string_list.h b/string_list.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e124b360cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/string_list.h
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/*  RetroArch - A frontend for libretro.
+ *  Copyright (C) 2010-2014 - Hans-Kristian Arntzen
+ *  Copyright (C) 2011-2014 - Daniel De Matteis
+ * 
+ *  RetroArch is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms
+ *  of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Found-
+ *  ation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  RetroArch is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
+ *  without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+ *  PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with RetroArch.
+ *  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __RARCH_STRING_LIST_H
+#define __RARCH_STRING_LIST_H
+
+#include "boolean.h"
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+union string_list_elem_attr
+{
+   bool  b;
+   int   i;
+   void *p;
+};
+
+struct string_list_elem
+{
+   char *data;
+   union string_list_elem_attr attr;
+};
+
+struct string_list
+{
+   struct string_list_elem *elems;
+   size_t size;
+   size_t cap;
+};
+
+bool string_list_find_elem(const struct string_list *list, const char *elem);
+
+bool string_list_find_elem_prefix(const struct string_list *list,
+      const char *prefix, const char *elem);
+
+struct string_list *string_split(const char *str, const char *delim);
+
+struct string_list *string_list_new(void);
+
+bool string_list_append(struct string_list *list, const char *elem,
+      union string_list_elem_attr attr);
+
+void string_list_free(struct string_list *list);
+
+void string_list_join_concat(char *buffer, size_t size,
+      const struct string_list *list, const char *sep);
+
+void string_list_set(struct string_list *list, unsigned index,
+      const char *str);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif