diff --git a/daemon/bencode.c b/daemon/bencode.c
index 66a5e8c..23c1493 100644
--- a/daemon/bencode.c
+++ b/daemon/bencode.c
@@ -212,6 +212,14 @@ static bencode_item_t *__bencode_string_alloc(bencode_buffer_t *buf, const void
 	return ret;
 }
 
+bencode_item_t *bencode_string_len_dup(bencode_buffer_t *buf, const char *s, int len) {
+	char *sd = __bencode_alloc(buf, len);
+	if (!sd)
+		return NULL;
+	memcpy(sd, s, len);
+	return bencode_string_len(buf, sd, len);
+}
+
 bencode_item_t *bencode_string_len(bencode_buffer_t *buf, const char *s, int len) {
 	return __bencode_string_alloc(buf, s, len, len, 1, BENCODE_STRING);
 }
diff --git a/daemon/bencode.h b/daemon/bencode.h
index fdc270e..1a1ff77 100644
--- a/daemon/bencode.h
+++ b/daemon/bencode.h
@@ -150,6 +150,11 @@ bencode_item_t *bencode_string_len(bencode_buffer_t *buf, const char *s, int len
  * to bencode_string_len(). */
 static inline bencode_item_t *bencode_string(bencode_buffer_t *buf, const char *s);
 
+/* Identical to the above two functions, but copies the string into the bencode_buffer_t object.
+ * Thus, the given string doesn't have to remain valid and accessible afterwards. */
+bencode_item_t *bencode_string_len_dup(bencode_buffer_t *buf, const char *s, int len);
+static inline bencode_item_t *bencode_string_dup(bencode_buffer_t *buf, const char *s);
+
 /* Creates a new byte-string object from a "str" object. The string does not have to be null-
  * terminated. */
 static inline bencode_item_t *bencode_str(bencode_buffer_t *buf, const str *s);
@@ -336,6 +341,10 @@ static inline bencode_item_t *bencode_string(bencode_buffer_t *buf, const char *
 	return bencode_string_len(buf, s, strlen(s));
 }
 
+static inline bencode_item_t *bencode_string_dup(bencode_buffer_t *buf, const char *s) {
+	return bencode_string_len_dup(buf, s, strlen(s));
+}
+
 static inline bencode_item_t *bencode_str(bencode_buffer_t *buf, const str *s) {
 	return bencode_string_len(buf, s->s, s->len);
 }