diff --git a/audio/aidl/common/Android.bp b/audio/aidl/common/Android.bp
index 5c0c685..c14d19d 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/common/Android.bp
+++ b/audio/aidl/common/Android.bp
@@ -32,10 +32,12 @@
     header_libs: [
         "libbase_headers",
         "libsystem_headers",
+        "libutils_headers",
     ],
     export_header_lib_headers: [
         "libbase_headers",
         "libsystem_headers",
+        "libutils_headers",
     ],
     srcs: [
         "StreamWorker.cpp",
diff --git a/audio/aidl/common/include/Utils.h b/audio/aidl/common/include/Utils.h
index 74be3c4..dd0c7e7 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/common/include/Utils.h
+++ b/audio/aidl/common/include/Utils.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include <aidl/android/media/audio/common/AudioPolicyForcedConfig.h>
 #include <aidl/android/media/audio/common/PcmType.h>
 #include <android/binder_auto_utils.h>
+#include <utils/FastStrcmp.h>
 
 namespace ndk {
 
@@ -84,6 +85,11 @@
                 ::aidl::android::media::audio::common::AudioPolicyForcedConfig::BT_BLE,
 };
 
+constexpr bool iequals(const std::string& str1, const std::string& str2) {
+    return str1.length() == str2.length() &&
+           !fasticmp<strncmp>(str1.c_str(), str2.c_str(), str1.length());
+}
+
 constexpr size_t getPcmSampleSizeInBytes(::aidl::android::media::audio::common::PcmType pcm) {
     using ::aidl::android::media::audio::common::PcmType;
     switch (pcm) {