diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
index a91b87d09a..99452a2634 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
@@ -2927,6 +2927,7 @@ virDoubleToStr;
 virEnumFromString;
 virEnumToString;
 virFormatIntDecimal;
+virFormatIntPretty;
 virGetDeviceID;
 virGetDeviceUnprivSGIO;
 virGetEnvAllowSUID;
diff --git a/src/util/virutil.c b/src/util/virutil.c
index 8bdcb02fd5..e9dbaf3d7a 100644
--- a/src/util/virutil.c
+++ b/src/util/virutil.c
@@ -485,6 +485,57 @@ virFormatIntDecimal(char *buf, size_t buflen, int val)
 }
 
 
+/**
+ * virFormatIntPretty
+ *
+ * @val: Value in bytes to be shortened
+ * @unit: unit to be used
+ *
+ * Similar to vshPrettyCapacity, but operates on integers and not doubles
+ *
+ * Returns shortened value that can be used with @unit.
+ */
+unsigned long long
+virFormatIntPretty(unsigned long long val,
+                   const char **unit)
+{
+    unsigned long long limit = 1024;
+
+    if (val % limit || val == 0) {
+        *unit = "B";
+        return val;
+    }
+    limit *= 1024;
+    if (val % limit) {
+        *unit = "KiB";
+        return val / (limit / 1024);
+    }
+    limit *= 1024;
+    if (val % limit) {
+        *unit = "MiB";
+        return val / (limit / 1024);
+    }
+    limit *= 1024;
+    if (val % limit) {
+        *unit = "GiB";
+        return val / (limit / 1024);
+    }
+    limit *= 1024;
+    if (val % limit) {
+        *unit = "TiB";
+        return val / (limit / 1024);
+    }
+    limit *= 1024;
+    if (val % limit) {
+        *unit = "PiB";
+        return val / (limit / 1024);
+    }
+    limit *= 1024;
+    *unit = "EiB";
+    return val / (limit / 1024);
+}
+
+
 const char *virEnumToString(const char *const*types,
                             unsigned int ntypes,
                             int type)
diff --git a/src/util/virutil.h b/src/util/virutil.h
index ff89d1aaaa..9381ad5682 100644
--- a/src/util/virutil.h
+++ b/src/util/virutil.h
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ int virParseVersionString(const char *str, unsigned long *version,
 char *virFormatIntDecimal(char *buf, size_t buflen, int val)
     ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1) ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK;
 
+unsigned long long
+virFormatIntPretty(unsigned long long val,
+                   const char **unit);
+
 int virDiskNameParse(const char *name, int *disk, int *partition);
 int virDiskNameToIndex(const char* str);
 char *virIndexToDiskName(int idx, const char *prefix);