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diff --git a/src/utils_parse_option.c b/src/utils_parse_option.c
index d94c1400..2168cd1a 100644
--- a/src/utils_parse_option.c
+++ b/src/utils_parse_option.c
@@ -150,4 +150,55 @@ int parse_option (char **ret_buffer, char **ret_key, char **ret_value)
   return (0);
 } /* int parse_option */
 
+int escape_string (char *buffer, size_t buffer_size)
+{
+  char *temp;
+  size_t i;
+  size_t j;
+
+  /* Check if we need to escape at all first */
+  temp = strpbrk (buffer, " \t\"\\");
+  if (temp == NULL)
+    return (0);
+
+  temp = (char *) malloc (buffer_size);
+  if (temp == NULL)
+    return (-1);
+  memset (temp, 0, buffer_size);
+
+  temp[0] = '"';
+  j = 1;
+
+  for (i = 0; i < buffer_size; i++)
+  {
+    if (buffer[i] == 0)
+    {
+      break;
+    }
+    else if ((buffer[i] == '"') || (buffer[i] == '\\'))
+    {
+      if (j > (buffer_size - 4))
+        break;
+      temp[j] = '\\';
+      temp[j + 1] = buffer[i];
+      j += 2;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+      if (j > (buffer_size - 3))
+        break;
+      temp[j] = buffer[i];
+      j++;
+    }
+  }
+
+  assert ((j + 1) < buffer_size);
+  temp[j] = '"';
+  temp[j + 1] = 0;
+
+  sstrncpy (buffer, temp, buffer_size);
+  sfree (temp);
+  return (0);
+} /* int escape_string */
+
 /* vim: set sw=2 ts=8 tw=78 et : */