diff --git a/src/shared/util.h b/src/shared/util.h
index baeba91..883b278 100644
--- a/src/shared/util.h
+++ b/src/shared/util.h
@@ -155,3 +155,8 @@ static inline void put_le64(uint64_t val, const void *ptr)
 {
 	put_unaligned(cpu_to_le64(val), (uint64_t *) ptr);
 }
+
+static inline void put_be64(uint64_t val, const void *ptr)
+{
+	put_unaligned(cpu_to_be64(val), (uint64_t *) ptr);
+}