diff --git a/src/misc2.c b/src/misc2.c
index 6df0d39..c07ed80 100644
--- a/src/misc2.c
+++ b/src/misc2.c
@@ -3069,3 +3069,45 @@
     return 0;
 #endif
 }
+
+// compare two keyvalue_T structs by case sensitive value
+    int
+cmp_keyvalue_value(const void *a, const void *b)
+{
+    keyvalue_T *kv1 = (keyvalue_T *)a;
+    keyvalue_T *kv2 = (keyvalue_T *)b;
+
+    return STRCMP(kv1->value, kv2->value);
+}
+
+// compare two keyvalue_T structs by value with length
+    int
+cmp_keyvalue_value_n(const void *a, const void *b)
+{
+    keyvalue_T *kv1 = (keyvalue_T *)a;
+    keyvalue_T *kv2 = (keyvalue_T *)b;
+
+    return STRNCMP(kv1->value, kv2->value, MAX(kv1->length, kv2->length));
+}
+
+// compare two keyvalue_T structs by case insensitive value
+    int
+cmp_keyvalue_value_i(const void *a, const void *b)
+{
+    keyvalue_T *kv1 = (keyvalue_T *)a;
+    keyvalue_T *kv2 = (keyvalue_T *)b;
+
+    return STRICMP(kv1->value, kv2->value);
+}
+
+// compare two keyvalue_T structs by case insensitive value
+// with length
+    int
+cmp_keyvalue_value_ni(const void *a, const void *b)
+{
+    keyvalue_T *kv1 = (keyvalue_T *)a;
+    keyvalue_T *kv2 = (keyvalue_T *)b;
+
+    return STRNICMP(kv1->value, kv2->value, MAX(kv1->length, kv2->length));
+}
+