diff --git a/include/osmocom/core/msgb.h b/include/osmocom/core/msgb.h
index 8843db0..2449151 100644
--- a/include/osmocom/core/msgb.h
+++ b/include/osmocom/core/msgb.h
@@ -366,6 +366,15 @@
 	osmo_store32be(word, space);
 }
 
+static inline unsigned char *msgb_wrap_with_TL(struct msgb *msgb, uint8_t tag)
+{
+	uint8_t *data = msgb_push(msgb, 2);
+
+	data[0] = tag;
+	data[1] = msgb->len - 2;
+	return data;
+}
+
 /*! remove (pull) a header from the front of the message buffer
  *  \param[in] msgb message buffer
  *  \param[in] len number of octets to be pulled
diff --git a/include/osmocom/gsm/tlv.h b/include/osmocom/gsm/tlv.h
index 84fd511..1ab964a 100644
--- a/include/osmocom/gsm/tlv.h
+++ b/include/osmocom/gsm/tlv.h
@@ -341,6 +341,12 @@
 	return buf;
 }
 
+/*! push 1-byte tagged value */
+static inline uint8_t *msgb_tlv1_push(struct msgb *msg, uint8_t tag, uint8_t val)
+{
+	return msgb_tlv_push(msg, tag, 1, &val);
+}
+
 /*! push (prepend) a TV field to a \ref msgb
  *  \returns pointer to first byte of newly-pushed information */
 static inline uint8_t *msgb_tv_push(struct msgb *msg, uint8_t tag, uint8_t val)