diff --git a/cutils.c b/cutils.c
index e2bc1b89df..9d4c570939 100644
--- a/cutils.c
+++ b/cutils.c
@@ -28,6 +28,13 @@
 #include "qemu_socket.h"
 #include "iov.h"
 
+void strpadcpy(char *buf, int buf_size, const char *str, char pad)
+{
+    int len = qemu_strnlen(str, buf_size);
+    memcpy(buf, str, len);
+    memset(buf + len, pad, buf_size - len);
+}
+
 void pstrcpy(char *buf, int buf_size, const char *str)
 {
     int c;
diff --git a/qemu-common.h b/qemu-common.h
index 7c8dac80a2..d26ff39e87 100644
--- a/qemu-common.h
+++ b/qemu-common.h
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ int qemu_timedate_diff(struct tm *tm);
 
 /* cutils.c */
 void pstrcpy(char *buf, int buf_size, const char *str);
+void strpadcpy(char *buf, int buf_size, const char *str, char pad);
 char *pstrcat(char *buf, int buf_size, const char *s);
 int strstart(const char *str, const char *val, const char **ptr);
 int stristart(const char *str, const char *val, const char **ptr);