diff --git a/lib/bluetooth.c b/lib/bluetooth.c
index effc7f4..7cba509 100644
--- a/lib/bluetooth.c
+++ b/lib/bluetooth.c
@@ -81,6 +81,13 @@ int ba2str(const bdaddr_t *ba, char *str)
 		ba->b[5], ba->b[4], ba->b[3], ba->b[2], ba->b[1], ba->b[0]);
 }
 
+/* Match kernel's lowercase printing of mac address (%pMR) */
+int ba2strlc(const bdaddr_t *ba, char *str)
+{
+	return sprintf(str, "%2.2x:%2.2x:%2.2x:%2.2x:%2.2x:%2.2x",
+		ba->b[5], ba->b[4], ba->b[3], ba->b[2], ba->b[1], ba->b[0]);
+}
+
 int str2ba(const char *str, bdaddr_t *ba)
 {
 	int i;
diff --git a/lib/bluetooth.h b/lib/bluetooth.h
index eb27926..756dce1 100644
--- a/lib/bluetooth.h
+++ b/lib/bluetooth.h
@@ -325,6 +325,7 @@ void baswap(bdaddr_t *dst, const bdaddr_t *src);
 bdaddr_t *strtoba(const char *str);
 char *batostr(const bdaddr_t *ba);
 int ba2str(const bdaddr_t *ba, char *str);
+int ba2strlc(const bdaddr_t *ba, char *str);
 int str2ba(const char *str, bdaddr_t *ba);
 int ba2oui(const bdaddr_t *ba, char *oui);
 int bachk(const char *str);