diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
index b20100b30b..d2a240fc7a 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
@@ -2966,6 +2966,7 @@ virStringFilterChars;
 virStringHasCaseSuffix;
 virStringHasChars;
 virStringHasControlChars;
+virStringHasSuffix;
 virStringIsEmpty;
 virStringIsPrintable;
 virStringListAdd;
diff --git a/src/util/virstring.c b/src/util/virstring.c
index b4d10f9884..cf3d9c6f03 100644
--- a/src/util/virstring.c
+++ b/src/util/virstring.c
@@ -1235,6 +1235,19 @@ virStringReplace(const char *haystack,
     return virBufferContentAndReset(&buf);
 }
 
+bool
+virStringHasSuffix(const char *str,
+                   const char *suffix)
+{
+    int len = strlen(str);
+    int suffixlen = strlen(suffix);
+
+    if (len < suffixlen)
+        return false;
+
+    return STREQ(str + len - suffixlen, suffix);
+}
+
 int
 virStringHasCaseSuffix(const char *str,
                        const char *suffix)
diff --git a/src/util/virstring.h b/src/util/virstring.h
index 69030566e9..5b127cdba4 100644
--- a/src/util/virstring.h
+++ b/src/util/virstring.h
@@ -288,6 +288,8 @@ char *virStringReplace(const char *haystack,
                        const char *newneedle)
     ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1) ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(2) ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(3);
 
+bool virStringHasSuffix(const char *str,
+                        const char *suffix);
 int virStringHasCaseSuffix(const char *str,
                            const char *suffix);
 int virStringStripSuffix(char *str,