diff --git a/src/shared/util.c b/src/shared/util.c
index 6a29b50..30f054a 100644
--- a/src/shared/util.c
+++ b/src/shared/util.c
@@ -542,6 +542,16 @@ void *util_iov_append(struct iovec *iov, const void *data, size_t len)
 	return util_iov_push_mem(iov, len, data);
 }
 
+struct iovec *util_iov_new(void *data, size_t len)
+{
+	struct iovec *iov;
+
+	iov = new0(struct iovec, 1);
+	util_iov_append(iov, data, len);
+
+	return iov;
+}
+
 void *util_iov_pull(struct iovec *iov, size_t len)
 {
 	if (!iov)
diff --git a/src/shared/util.h b/src/shared/util.h
index bd71577..f2ca4f2 100644
--- a/src/shared/util.h
+++ b/src/shared/util.h
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ void *util_iov_push_le16(struct iovec *iov, uint16_t val);
 void *util_iov_push_be16(struct iovec *iov, uint16_t val);
 void *util_iov_push_u8(struct iovec *iov, uint8_t val);
 void *util_iov_append(struct iovec *iov, const void *data, size_t len);
+struct iovec *util_iov_new(void *data, size_t len);
 void *util_iov_pull(struct iovec *iov, size_t len);
 void *util_iov_pull_mem(struct iovec *iov, size_t len);
 void *util_iov_pull_le64(struct iovec *iov, uint64_t *val);