diff --git a/src/lib/base/String.cpp b/src/lib/base/String.cpp
index 99a2bb43..cbaae56b 100644
--- a/src/lib/base/String.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/base/String.cpp
@@ -224,6 +224,26 @@ stringToSizeType(String string)
 	return value;
 }
 
+std::vector<String>
+splitString(String string, const char c)
+{
+	std::vector<String> results;
+
+	size_t head = 0;
+	size_t separator = string.find(c);
+	while (separator != String::npos) {
+		results.push_back(string.substr(head, separator - head));
+		head = separator + 1;
+		separator = string.find(c, head);
+	}
+
+	if (head < string.size()) {
+		results.push_back(string.substr(head, string.size() - head));
+	}
+
+	return results;
+}
+
 //
 // CaselessCmp
 //
diff --git a/src/lib/base/String.h b/src/lib/base/String.h
index de34ad0a..df4307a6 100644
--- a/src/lib/base/String.h
+++ b/src/lib/base/String.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "common/stdstring.h"
 
 #include <stdarg.h>
+#include <vector>
 
 // use standard C++ string class for our string class
 typedef std::string String;
@@ -100,6 +101,12 @@ Convert an a \c string to an size type
 */
 size_t stringToSizeType(String string);
 
+//! Split a string into substrings
+/*!
+Split a \c string that separated by a \c c into substrings
+*/
+std::vector<String> splitString(String string, const char c);
+
 //! Case-insensitive comparisons
 /*!
 This class provides case-insensitve comparison functions.