diff --git a/libretro-common/include/string/stdstring.h b/libretro-common/include/string/stdstring.h
index 635ced1112..0ef0910369 100644
--- a/libretro-common/include/string/stdstring.h
+++ b/libretro-common/include/string/stdstring.h
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
+bool string_is_empty(const char *data);
+
 char *string_replace_substring(const char *in, const char *pattern,
       const char *by);
 
diff --git a/libretro-common/string/stdstring.c b/libretro-common/string/stdstring.c
index 25319b6eb2..706ceefb93 100644
--- a/libretro-common/string/stdstring.c
+++ b/libretro-common/string/stdstring.c
@@ -22,6 +22,19 @@
 
 #include <string/stdstring.h>
 
+bool string_is_empty(const char *data)
+{
+	char **str = NULL;
+
+	if (!data)
+		return true;
+
+	str = (char**)&data;
+	if (**str == '\0')
+		return true;
+	return false;
+}
+
 char *string_replace_substring(const char *in, const char *pattern, const char *replacement)
 {
    char *needle = NULL;