diff --git a/glib_utils.h b/glib_utils.h
index 0c941ca..97020cb 100644
--- a/glib_utils.h
+++ b/glib_utils.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #define UPDATE_ENGINE_GLIB_UTILS_H_
 
 #include <string>
+#include <vector>
 
 #include <glib.h>
 
@@ -16,6 +17,29 @@
 // object and resets error to null.
 std::string GetAndFreeGError(GError** error);
 
+// Converts a vector of strings to a NUL-terminated array of
+// strings. The resulting array should be freed with g_strfreev()
+// when are you done with it.
+gchar** StringVectorToGStrv(const std::vector<std::string>& vec_str);
+
+// A base::FreeDeleter that frees memory using g_free(). Useful when
+// integrating with GLib since it can be used with std::unique_ptr to
+// automatically free memory when going out of scope.
+struct GLibFreeDeleter {
+  inline void operator()(void* ptr) const {
+    g_free(static_cast<gpointer>(ptr));
+  }
+};
+
+// A base::FreeDeleter that frees memory using g_strfreev(). Useful
+// when integrating with GLib since it can be used with std::unique_ptr to
+// automatically free memory when going out of scope.
+struct GLibStrvFreeDeleter {
+  inline void operator()(void* ptr) const {
+    g_strfreev(static_cast<gchar**>(ptr));
+  }
+};
+
 }  // namespace utils
 }  // namespace chromeos_update_engine