diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 6599d939c..af1d445d8 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -4566,6 +4566,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST += \
 	shared/nm-utils/c-list-util.h \
 	shared/nm-utils/gsystem-local-alloc.h \
 	shared/nm-utils/nm-glib.h \
+	shared/nm-utils/nm-jansson.h \
 	shared/nm-utils/nm-obj.h \
 	shared/nm-utils/nm-macros-internal.h \
 	shared/nm-utils/nm-shared-utils.c \
diff --git a/shared/nm-utils/nm-jansson.h b/shared/nm-utils/nm-jansson.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a111837dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shared/nm-utils/nm-jansson.h
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: t; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * 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
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Copyright 2018 Red Hat, Inc.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __NM_JANSSON_H__
+#define __NM_JANSSON_H__
+
+/* you need to include at least "config.h" first, possibly "nm-default.h". */
+
+#if WITH_JANSSON
+
+#include <jansson.h>
+
+/* Added in Jansson v2.3 (released Jan 27 2012) */
+#ifndef json_object_foreach
+#define json_object_foreach(object, key, value) \
+    for(key = json_object_iter_key(json_object_iter(object)); \
+        key && (value = json_object_iter_value(json_object_key_to_iter(key))); \
+        key = json_object_iter_key(json_object_iter_next(object, json_object_key_to_iter(key))))
+#endif
+
+/* Added in Jansson v2.4 (released Sep 23 2012), but travis.ci has v2.2. */
+#ifndef json_boolean
+#define json_boolean(val) ((val) ? json_true() : json_false())
+#endif
+
+/* Added in Jansson v2.5 (released Sep 19 2013), but travis.ci has v2.2. */
+#ifndef json_array_foreach
+#define json_array_foreach(array, index, value) \
+	for (index = 0; \
+	     index < json_array_size(array) && (value = json_array_get(array, index)); \
+	     index++)
+#endif
+
+/* Added in Jansson v2.8 */
+#ifndef json_object_foreach_safe
+#define json_object_foreach_safe(object, n, key, value) \
+    for (key = json_object_iter_key (json_object_iter (object)), \
+         n = json_object_iter_next (object, json_object_iter_at (object, key)); \
+         key && (value = json_object_iter_value (json_object_iter_at (object, key))); \
+         key = json_object_iter_key (n), \
+         n = json_object_iter_next (object, json_object_iter_at (object, key)))
+#endif
+
+#endif /* WITH_JANSON */
+
+#endif  /* __NM_JANSSON_H__ */