diff --git a/include/ChangeLog b/include/ChangeLog
index 8b303bd47d..5693a3e28e 100644
--- a/include/ChangeLog
+++ b/include/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2018-05-28  Bernd Edlinger  <bernd.edlinger@hotmail.de>
+
+	* splay-tree.h (splay_tree_compare_strings,
+	splay_tree_delete_pointers): Declare new utility functions.
+
 2018-05-21  Peter Bergner  <bergner@vnet.ibm.com.com>
 
 	* opcode/ppc.h (PPC_OPERAND_FAKE): Delete macro.
diff --git a/include/splay-tree.h b/include/splay-tree.h
index b63612cc0a..fc94fb786f 100644
--- a/include/splay-tree.h
+++ b/include/splay-tree.h
@@ -147,7 +147,9 @@ extern splay_tree_node splay_tree_max (splay_tree);
 extern splay_tree_node splay_tree_min (splay_tree);
 extern int splay_tree_foreach (splay_tree, splay_tree_foreach_fn, void*);
 extern int splay_tree_compare_ints (splay_tree_key, splay_tree_key);
-extern int splay_tree_compare_pointers (splay_tree_key,	splay_tree_key);
+extern int splay_tree_compare_pointers (splay_tree_key, splay_tree_key);
+extern int splay_tree_compare_strings (splay_tree_key, splay_tree_key);
+extern void splay_tree_delete_pointers (splay_tree_value);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
diff --git a/libiberty/ChangeLog b/libiberty/ChangeLog
index b249226155..19c62699c0 100644
--- a/libiberty/ChangeLog
+++ b/libiberty/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2018-05-28  Bernd Edlinger  <bernd.edlinger@hotmail.de>
+
+	* splay-tree.c (splay_tree_compare_strings,
+	splay_tree_delete_pointers): New utility functions.
+
 2018-05-10  Martin Liska  <mliska@suse.cz>
 
 	PR bootstrap/64914
diff --git a/libiberty/splay-tree.c b/libiberty/splay-tree.c
index 23d22a89d8..d3be4aa90b 100644
--- a/libiberty/splay-tree.c
+++ b/libiberty/splay-tree.c
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.  */
 #ifdef HAVE_STDLIB_H
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #endif
+#ifdef HAVE_STRING_H
+#include <string.h>
+#endif
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 
@@ -590,3 +593,19 @@ splay_tree_compare_pointers (splay_tree_key k1, splay_tree_key k2)
   else 
     return 0;
 }
+
+/* Splay-tree comparison function, treating the keys as strings.  */
+
+int
+splay_tree_compare_strings (splay_tree_key k1, splay_tree_key k2)
+{
+  return strcmp ((char *) k1, (char *) k2);
+}
+
+/* Splay-tree delete function, simply using free.  */
+
+void
+splay_tree_delete_pointers (splay_tree_value value)
+{
+  free ((void *) value);
+}