2 files changed, 30 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/rpmio/rpmfileutil.c b/rpmio/rpmfileutil.c
index 40e4e5afb..b07c93a9c 100644
--- a/rpmio/rpmfileutil.c
+++ b/rpmio/rpmfileutil.c
@@ -840,3 +840,26 @@ exit:
     return rc;
 }
 
+char * rpmEscapeSpaces(const char * s)
+{
+    const char * se;
+    char * t;
+    char * te;
+    size_t nb = 0;
+
+    for (se = s; *se; se++) {
+	if (isspace(*se))
+	    nb++;
+	nb++;
+    }
+    nb++;
+
+    t = te = xmalloc(nb);
+    for (se = s; *se; se++) {
+	if (isspace(*se))
+	    *te++ = '\\';
+	*te++ = *se;
+    }
+    *te = '\0';
+    return t;
+}
diff --git a/rpmio/rpmfileutil.h b/rpmio/rpmfileutil.h
index 336ccd266..bd45d183f 100644
--- a/rpmio/rpmfileutil.h
+++ b/rpmio/rpmfileutil.h
@@ -103,4 +103,11 @@ char * rpmGetPath (const char * path, ...);
  */
 int rpmGlob(const char * patterns, int * argcPtr, char *** argvPtr);
 
+/**
+ * Escape isspace(3) characters in string.
+ * @param s             string
+ * @return              escaped string
+ */
+char * rpmEscapeSpaces(const char * s);
+
 #endif /* _RPMFILEUTIL_H */