diff --git a/src/zm_utils.cpp b/src/zm_utils.cpp
index 51beb377d..e0c65ca61 100644
--- a/src/zm_utils.cpp
+++ b/src/zm_utils.cpp
@@ -126,6 +126,17 @@ StringVector split( const std::string &string, const std::string chars, int limi
     return( stringVector );
 }
 
+const std::string join(const StringVector v, const char * delim ) {
+	std::stringstream ss;
+
+	for(size_t i = 0; i < v.size(); ++i) {
+		if(i != 0)
+			ss << ",";
+		ss << v[i];
+	}
+	return ss.str();
+}
+
 const std::string base64Encode( const std::string &inString )
 {
 	static char base64_table[64] = { '\0' };
diff --git a/src/zm_utils.h b/src/zm_utils.h
index 6536024a9..063c74b7d 100644
--- a/src/zm_utils.h
+++ b/src/zm_utils.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <time.h>
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #include <string>
+#include <sstream>
 #include <vector>
 
 typedef std::vector<std::string> StringVector;
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ const std::string stringtf( const std::string &format, ... );
 
 bool startsWith( const std::string &haystack, const std::string &needle );
 StringVector split( const std::string &string, const std::string chars, int limit=0 );
+const std::string join( const StringVector, const char * );
 
 const std::string base64Encode( const std::string &inString );