diff -r 8cbc438cc298 -r cf499fd51df7 librazor/util.c
--- a/librazor/util.c	Thu Feb 16 17:33:47 2012 +0000
+++ b/librazor/util.c	Sat Aug 23 16:07:09 2014 +0100
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2008  Kristian Høgsberg <krh@redhat.com>
  * Copyright (C) 2008  Red Hat, Inc
- * Copyright (C) 2009, 2011, 2012  J. Ali Harlow <ali@juiblex.co.uk>
+ * Copyright (C) 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014  J. Ali Harlow <ali@juiblex.co.uk>
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -341,6 +341,24 @@
 	return concat;
 }
 
+/**
+ * razor_path_add_root:
+ *
+ * Adds a root to a path. path must be an absolute pathname. In POSIX
+ * environments this is equivalent to the concationation of root and path.
+ * In Microsoft Windows an adjustment may need to be made for a drive letter
+ * in path (which will be dropped).
+ *
+ * Returns: The new pathname.
+ **/
+RAZOR_EXPORT char *razor_path_add_root(const char *path, const char *root)
+{
+	if (root && *root)
+		return razor_concat(root, SKIP_DRIVE_LETTER(path), NULL);
+	else
+		return strdup(path);
+}
+
 RAZOR_EXPORT const char *razor_system_arch(void)
 {
 #ifdef MSWIN_API