diff --git a/lib/string_helpers.c b/lib/string_helpers.c
index 74ec604..58b78ba 100644
--- a/lib/string_helpers.c
+++ b/lib/string_helpers.c
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 #include <linux/math64.h>
 #include <linux/export.h>
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
+#include <linux/errno.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/string_helpers.h>
 
 /**
@@ -240,3 +242,275 @@
 	return out - dst;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(string_unescape);
+
+static int escape_passthrough(unsigned char c, char **dst, size_t *osz)
+{
+	char *out = *dst;
+
+	if (*osz < 1)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	*out++ = c;
+
+	*dst = out;
+	*osz -= 1;
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
+static int escape_space(unsigned char c, char **dst, size_t *osz)
+{
+	char *out = *dst;
+	unsigned char to;
+
+	if (*osz < 2)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	switch (c) {
+	case '\n':
+		to = 'n';
+		break;
+	case '\r':
+		to = 'r';
+		break;
+	case '\t':
+		to = 't';
+		break;
+	case '\v':
+		to = 'v';
+		break;
+	case '\f':
+		to = 'f';
+		break;
+	default:
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	*out++ = '\\';
+	*out++ = to;
+
+	*dst = out;
+	*osz -= 2;
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
+static int escape_special(unsigned char c, char **dst, size_t *osz)
+{
+	char *out = *dst;
+	unsigned char to;
+
+	if (*osz < 2)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	switch (c) {
+	case '\\':
+		to = '\\';
+		break;
+	case '\a':
+		to = 'a';
+		break;
+	case '\e':
+		to = 'e';
+		break;
+	default:
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	*out++ = '\\';
+	*out++ = to;
+
+	*dst = out;
+	*osz -= 2;
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
+static int escape_null(unsigned char c, char **dst, size_t *osz)
+{
+	char *out = *dst;
+
+	if (*osz < 2)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	if (c)
+		return 0;
+
+	*out++ = '\\';
+	*out++ = '0';
+
+	*dst = out;
+	*osz -= 2;
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
+static int escape_octal(unsigned char c, char **dst, size_t *osz)
+{
+	char *out = *dst;
+
+	if (*osz < 4)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	*out++ = '\\';
+	*out++ = ((c >> 6) & 0x07) + '0';
+	*out++ = ((c >> 3) & 0x07) + '0';
+	*out++ = ((c >> 0) & 0x07) + '0';
+
+	*dst = out;
+	*osz -= 4;
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
+static int escape_hex(unsigned char c, char **dst, size_t *osz)
+{
+	char *out = *dst;
+
+	if (*osz < 4)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	*out++ = '\\';
+	*out++ = 'x';
+	*out++ = hex_asc_hi(c);
+	*out++ = hex_asc_lo(c);
+
+	*dst = out;
+	*osz -= 4;
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
+/**
+ * string_escape_mem - quote characters in the given memory buffer
+ * @src:	source buffer (unescaped)
+ * @isz:	source buffer size
+ * @dst:	destination buffer (escaped)
+ * @osz:	destination buffer size
+ * @flags:	combination of the flags (bitwise OR):
+ *	%ESCAPE_SPACE:
+ *		'\f' - form feed
+ *		'\n' - new line
+ *		'\r' - carriage return
+ *		'\t' - horizontal tab
+ *		'\v' - vertical tab
+ *	%ESCAPE_SPECIAL:
+ *		'\\' - backslash
+ *		'\a' - alert (BEL)
+ *		'\e' - escape
+ *	%ESCAPE_NULL:
+ *		'\0' - null
+ *	%ESCAPE_OCTAL:
+ *		'\NNN' - byte with octal value NNN (3 digits)
+ *	%ESCAPE_ANY:
+ *		all previous together
+ *	%ESCAPE_NP:
+ *		escape only non-printable characters (checked by isprint)
+ *	%ESCAPE_ANY_NP:
+ *		all previous together
+ *	%ESCAPE_HEX:
+ *		'\xHH' - byte with hexadecimal value HH (2 digits)
+ * @esc:	NULL-terminated string of characters any of which, if found in
+ *		the source, has to be escaped
+ *
+ * Description:
+ * The process of escaping byte buffer includes several parts. They are applied
+ * in the following sequence.
+ *	1. The character is matched to the printable class, if asked, and in
+ *	   case of match it passes through to the output.
+ *	2. The character is not matched to the one from @esc string and thus
+ *	   must go as is to the output.
+ *	3. The character is checked if it falls into the class given by @flags.
+ *	   %ESCAPE_OCTAL and %ESCAPE_HEX are going last since they cover any
+ *	   character. Note that they actually can't go together, otherwise
+ *	   %ESCAPE_HEX will be ignored.
+ *
+ * Caller must provide valid source and destination pointers. Be aware that
+ * destination buffer will not be NULL-terminated, thus caller have to append
+ * it if needs.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * The amount of the characters processed to the destination buffer, or
+ * %-ENOMEM if the size of buffer is not enough to put an escaped character is
+ * returned.
+ *
+ * Even in the case of error @dst pointer will be updated to point to the byte
+ * after the last processed character.
+ */
+int string_escape_mem(const char *src, size_t isz, char **dst, size_t osz,
+		      unsigned int flags, const char *esc)
+{
+	char *out = *dst, *p = out;
+	bool is_dict = esc && *esc;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	while (isz--) {
+		unsigned char c = *src++;
+
+		/*
+		 * Apply rules in the following sequence:
+		 *	- the character is printable, when @flags has
+		 *	  %ESCAPE_NP bit set
+		 *	- the @esc string is supplied and does not contain a
+		 *	  character under question
+		 *	- the character doesn't fall into a class of symbols
+		 *	  defined by given @flags
+		 * In these cases we just pass through a character to the
+		 * output buffer.
+		 */
+		if ((flags & ESCAPE_NP && isprint(c)) ||
+		    (is_dict && !strchr(esc, c))) {
+			/* do nothing */
+		} else {
+			if (flags & ESCAPE_SPACE) {
+				ret = escape_space(c, &p, &osz);
+				if (ret < 0)
+					break;
+				if (ret > 0)
+					continue;
+			}
+
+			if (flags & ESCAPE_SPECIAL) {
+				ret = escape_special(c, &p, &osz);
+				if (ret < 0)
+					break;
+				if (ret > 0)
+					continue;
+			}
+
+			if (flags & ESCAPE_NULL) {
+				ret = escape_null(c, &p, &osz);
+				if (ret < 0)
+					break;
+				if (ret > 0)
+					continue;
+			}
+
+			/* ESCAPE_OCTAL and ESCAPE_HEX always go last */
+			if (flags & ESCAPE_OCTAL) {
+				ret = escape_octal(c, &p, &osz);
+				if (ret < 0)
+					break;
+				continue;
+			}
+			if (flags & ESCAPE_HEX) {
+				ret = escape_hex(c, &p, &osz);
+				if (ret < 0)
+					break;
+				continue;
+			}
+		}
+
+		ret = escape_passthrough(c, &p, &osz);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			break;
+	}
+
+	*dst = p;
+
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	return p - out;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(string_escape_mem);