diff --git a/cli/src/utils.c b/cli/src/utils.c
index 7d82b6cfb..d7b37e2ee 100644
--- a/cli/src/utils.c
+++ b/cli/src/utils.c
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <errno.h>
 
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <netinet/in.h>
@@ -257,6 +259,74 @@ nmc_terminal_show_progress (const char *str)
 		idx = 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Convert string to signed integer.
+ * If required, the resulting number is checked to be in the <min,max> range.
+ */
+gboolean
+nmc_string_to_int_base (const char *str,
+                        int base,
+                        gboolean range_check,
+                        long int min,
+                        long int max,
+                        long int *value)
+{
+	char *end;
+	long int tmp;
+
+	errno = 0;
+	tmp = strtol (str, &end, base);
+	if (errno || *end != '\0' || (range_check && (tmp < min || tmp > max))) {
+		return FALSE;
+	}
+	*value = tmp;
+	return TRUE;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Convert string to unsigned integer.
+ * If required, the resulting number is checked to be in the <min,max> range.
+ */
+gboolean
+nmc_string_to_uint_base (const char *str,
+                         int base,
+                         gboolean range_check,
+                         unsigned long int min,
+                         unsigned long int max,
+                         unsigned long int *value)
+{
+	char *end;
+	unsigned long int tmp;
+
+	errno = 0;
+	tmp = strtoul (str, &end, base);
+	if (errno || *end != '\0' || (range_check && (tmp < min || tmp > max))) {
+		return FALSE;
+	}
+	*value = tmp;
+	return TRUE;
+}
+
+gboolean
+nmc_string_to_int (const char *str,
+                   gboolean range_check,
+                   long int min,
+                   long int max,
+                   long int *value)
+{
+	return nmc_string_to_int_base (str, 10, range_check, min, max, value);
+}
+
+gboolean
+nmc_string_to_uint (const char *str,
+                    gboolean range_check,
+                    unsigned long int min,
+                    unsigned long int max,
+                    unsigned long int *value)
+{
+	return nmc_string_to_uint_base (str, 10, range_check, min, max, value);
+}
+
 /*
  * Ask user for input and return the string.
  * The caller is responsible for freeing the returned string.
diff --git a/cli/src/utils.h b/cli/src/utils.h
index 1fc3e0a8b..704b06737 100644
--- a/cli/src/utils.h
+++ b/cli/src/utils.h
@@ -40,6 +40,28 @@ int next_arg (int *argc, char ***argv);
 gboolean nmc_arg_is_help (const char *arg);
 gboolean nmc_parse_args (nmc_arg_t *arg_arr, gboolean last, int *argc, char ***argv, GError **error);
 char *ssid_to_printable (const char *str, gsize len);
+gboolean nmc_string_to_int_base (const char *str,
+                                 int base,
+                                 gboolean range_check,
+                                 long int min,
+                                 long int max,
+                                 long int *value);
+gboolean nmc_string_to_uint_base (const char *str,
+                                  int base,
+                                  gboolean range_check,
+                                  unsigned long int min,
+                                  unsigned long int max,
+                                  unsigned long int *value);
+gboolean nmc_string_to_int (const char *str,
+                            gboolean range_check,
+                            long int min,
+                            long int max,
+                            long int *value);
+gboolean nmc_string_to_uint (const char *str,
+                             gboolean range_check,
+                             unsigned long int min,
+                             unsigned long int max,
+                             unsigned long int *value);
 char *nmc_ip4_address_as_string (guint32 ip, GError **error);
 char *nmc_ip6_address_as_string (const struct in6_addr *ip, GError **error);
 void nmc_terminal_erase_line (void);