diff --git a/src/sds.c b/src/sds.c
index 4cf700b9a..aa45fc4f5 100644
--- a/src/sds.c
+++ b/src/sds.c
@@ -621,6 +621,19 @@ sds sdsmapchars(sds s, const char *from, const char *to, size_t setlen) {
     return s;
 }
 
+/* Join an array of C strings using the specified separator (also a C string).
+ * Returns the result as an sds string. */
+sds sdsjoin(char **argv, int argc, char *sep) {
+    sds join = sdsempty();
+    int j;
+
+    for (j = 0; j < argc; j++) {
+        join = sdscat(join, argv[j]);
+        if (j != argc-1) join = sdscat(join,sep);
+    }
+    return join;
+}
+
 #ifdef SDS_TEST_MAIN
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include "testhelp.h"
diff --git a/src/sds.h b/src/sds.h
index c5a4f30a9..46d914fd1 100644
--- a/src/sds.h
+++ b/src/sds.h
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ sds sdsfromlonglong(long long value);
 sds sdscatrepr(sds s, const char *p, size_t len);
 sds *sdssplitargs(const char *line, int *argc);
 sds sdsmapchars(sds s, const char *from, const char *to, size_t setlen);
+sds sdsjoin(char **argv, int argc, char *sep);
 
 /* Low level functions exposed to the user API */
 sds sdsMakeRoomFor(sds s, size_t addlen);