diff --git a/src/xpdev/ini_file.c b/src/xpdev/ini_file.c
index f3aaa40ea88f29b54ed5f951b896d9ba0bf91c97..6986fd434aba28088c106d2ea929818acf22daec 100644
--- a/src/xpdev/ini_file.c
+++ b/src/xpdev/ini_file.c
@@ -1013,6 +1013,27 @@ char* iniReadString(FILE* fp, const char* section, const char* key, const char*
 	return(value);
 }
 
+char* iniReadSString(FILE* fp, const char* section, const char* key, const char* deflt, char* value, size_t sz)
+{
+	char fval[INI_MAX_VALUE_LEN];
+	char *ret;
+	size_t pos;
+
+	ret = iniReadString(fp, section, key, deflt, value);
+	if (ret == NULL)
+		return ret;
+	if (sz < 1 || value == NULL)
+		return NULL;
+	for (pos = 0; fval[pos]; pos++) {
+		if (pos == sz - 1) {
+			value[pos] = 0;
+			break;
+		}
+		value[pos] = fval[pos];
+	}
+	return value;
+}
+
 /* Does NOT support string literals: */
 char* iniReadValue(FILE* fp, const char* section, const char* key, const char* deflt, char* value)
 {
diff --git a/src/xpdev/ini_file.h b/src/xpdev/ini_file.h
index 2049f4ad60ee7f2ed6fea275d588824ce6cfd550..c5cb7b6bb81ed95814f95cbb4a151ca886ce113c 100644
--- a/src/xpdev/ini_file.h
+++ b/src/xpdev/ini_file.h
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ DLLEXPORT char* 		iniReadExistingValue(FILE*, const char* section, const char* k
 /* These functions read a single key of the specified type */
 DLLEXPORT char* 		iniReadString(FILE*, const char* section, const char* key
 							,const char* deflt, char* value);
+DLLEXPORT char*         iniReadSString(FILE* fp, const char* section, const char* key
+                            ,const char* deflt, char* value, size_t sz);
 /* If the key doesn't exist, iniReadExistingString just returns NULL */
 DLLEXPORT char* 		iniReadExistingString(FILE*, const char* section, const char* key
 							,const char* deflt, char* value);