diff --git a/glnx-backports.c b/glnx-backports.c
index f9aa7ce5..391c154b 100644
--- a/glnx-backports.c
+++ b/glnx-backports.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /* -*- mode: C; c-file-style: "gnu"; indent-tabs-mode: nil; -*-
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2015 Colin Walters <walters@verbum.org>
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 Endless OS Foundation, LLC
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.0-or-later
  *
  * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -60,3 +61,24 @@ glnx_set_object (GObject **object_ptr,
   return TRUE;
 }
 #endif
+
+#if !GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2, 60, 0)
+gboolean
+_glnx_strv_equal (const gchar * const *strv1,
+                  const gchar * const *strv2)
+{
+  g_return_val_if_fail (strv1 != NULL, FALSE);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (strv2 != NULL, FALSE);
+
+  if (strv1 == strv2)
+    return TRUE;
+
+  for (; *strv1 != NULL && *strv2 != NULL; strv1++, strv2++)
+    {
+      if (!g_str_equal (*strv1, *strv2))
+        return FALSE;
+    }
+
+  return (*strv1 == NULL && *strv2 == NULL);
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/glnx-backports.h b/glnx-backports.h
index ad70ed90..121e0731 100644
--- a/glnx-backports.h
+++ b/glnx-backports.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  * Copyright 1998 Manish Singh
  * Copyright 1998 Tim Janik
  * Copyright (C) 2015 Colin Walters <walters@verbum.org>
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 Endless OS Foundation, LLC
  * Copyright 2017 Emmanuele Bassi
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
  * 
@@ -79,6 +80,12 @@ gboolean              glnx_set_object  (GObject **object_ptr,
 #define G_OPTION_FLAG_NONE ((GOptionFlags) 0)
 #endif
 
+#if !GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2, 60, 0)
+#define g_strv_equal _glnx_strv_equal
+gboolean _glnx_strv_equal (const gchar * const *strv1,
+                           const gchar * const *strv2);
+#endif
+
 #ifndef G_DBUS_METHOD_INVOCATION_HANDLED    /* added in 2.68 */
 #define G_DBUS_METHOD_INVOCATION_HANDLED TRUE
 #endif
diff --git a/tests/test-libglnx-backports.c b/tests/test-libglnx-backports.c
index 0fa374e5..3683791d 100644
--- a/tests/test-libglnx-backports.c
+++ b/tests/test-libglnx-backports.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /* -*- mode: C; c-file-style: "gnu"; indent-tabs-mode: nil; -*-
  *
  * Copyright (C) 1995-1997  Peter Mattis, Spencer Kimball and Josh MacDonald
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 Endless OS Foundation, LLC
  * Copyright 2019 Emmanuel Fleury
  * Copyright 2021 Collabora Ltd.
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later AND LicenseRef-old-glib-tests
@@ -66,10 +67,39 @@ test_steal_fd (void)
   g_assert_cmpint (fd, ==, -1);
 }
 
+/* Test g_strv_equal() works for various inputs. */
+static void
+test_strv_equal (void)
+{
+  const gchar *strv_empty[] = { NULL };
+  const gchar *strv_empty2[] = { NULL };
+  const gchar *strv_simple[] = { "hello", "you", NULL };
+  const gchar *strv_simple2[] = { "hello", "you", NULL };
+  const gchar *strv_simple_reordered[] = { "you", "hello", NULL };
+  const gchar *strv_simple_superset[] = { "hello", "you", "again", NULL };
+  const gchar *strv_another[] = { "not", "a", "coded", "message", NULL };
+
+  g_assert_true (g_strv_equal (strv_empty, strv_empty));
+  g_assert_true (g_strv_equal (strv_empty, strv_empty2));
+  g_assert_true (g_strv_equal (strv_empty2, strv_empty));
+  g_assert_false (g_strv_equal (strv_empty, strv_simple));
+  g_assert_false (g_strv_equal (strv_simple, strv_empty));
+  g_assert_true (g_strv_equal (strv_simple, strv_simple));
+  g_assert_true (g_strv_equal (strv_simple, strv_simple2));
+  g_assert_true (g_strv_equal (strv_simple2, strv_simple));
+  g_assert_false (g_strv_equal (strv_simple, strv_simple_reordered));
+  g_assert_false (g_strv_equal (strv_simple_reordered, strv_simple));
+  g_assert_false (g_strv_equal (strv_simple, strv_simple_superset));
+  g_assert_false (g_strv_equal (strv_simple_superset, strv_simple));
+  g_assert_false (g_strv_equal (strv_simple, strv_another));
+  g_assert_false (g_strv_equal (strv_another, strv_simple));
+}
+
 int main (int argc, char **argv)
 {
   g_test_init (&argc, &argv, NULL);
   g_test_add_func ("/mainloop/steal-fd", test_steal_fd);
   g_test_add_func ("/strfuncs/memdup2", test_memdup2);
+  g_test_add_func ("/strfuncs/strv-equal", test_strv_equal);
   return g_test_run();
 }