diff --git a/util.c b/util.c
index 4cdad10..350cf8b 100644
--- a/util.c
+++ b/util.c
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ char get_escape_char(const char *s, int *i)
 	return val;
 }
 
-int utilfdt_read_err(const char *filename, char **buffp)
+int utilfdt_read_err_len(const char *filename, char **buffp, off_t *len)
 {
 	int fd = 0;	/* assume stdin */
 	char *buf = NULL;
@@ -239,13 +239,20 @@ int utilfdt_read_err(const char *filename, char **buffp)
 		free(buf);
 	else
 		*buffp = buf;
+	*len = bufsize;
 	return ret;
 }
 
-char *utilfdt_read(const char *filename)
+int utilfdt_read_err(const char *filename, char **buffp)
+{
+	off_t len;
+	return utilfdt_read_err_len(filename, buffp, &len);
+}
+
+char *utilfdt_read_len(const char *filename, off_t *len)
 {
 	char *buff;
-	int ret = utilfdt_read_err(filename, &buff);
+	int ret = utilfdt_read_err_len(filename, &buff, len);
 
 	if (ret) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "Couldn't open blob from '%s': %s\n", filename,
@@ -256,6 +263,12 @@ char *utilfdt_read(const char *filename)
 	return buff;
 }
 
+char *utilfdt_read(const char *filename)
+{
+	off_t len;
+	return utilfdt_read_len(filename, &len);
+}
+
 int utilfdt_write_err(const char *filename, const void *blob)
 {
 	int fd = 1;	/* assume stdout */
diff --git a/util.h b/util.h
index 3f02cd8..95ae531 100644
--- a/util.h
+++ b/util.h
@@ -84,6 +84,13 @@ char get_escape_char(const char *s, int *i);
  */
 char *utilfdt_read(const char *filename);
 
+/**
+ * Like utilfdt_read(), but also passes back the size of the file read.
+ *
+ * @param len		If non-NULL, the amount of data we managed to read
+ */
+char *utilfdt_read_len(const char *filename, off_t *len);
+
 /**
  * Read a device tree file into a buffer. Does not report errors, but only
  * returns them. The value returned can be passed to strerror() to obtain
@@ -95,6 +102,12 @@ char *utilfdt_read(const char *filename);
  */
 int utilfdt_read_err(const char *filename, char **buffp);
 
+/**
+ * Like utilfdt_read_err(), but also passes back the size of the file read.
+ *
+ * @param len		If non-NULL, the amount of data we managed to read
+ */
+int utilfdt_read_err_len(const char *filename, char **buffp, off_t *len);
 
 /**
  * Write a device tree buffer to a file. This will report any errors on