diff --git a/include/osmocom/gsm/tlv.h b/include/osmocom/gsm/tlv.h
index bb0e8fc..254c21b 100644
--- a/include/osmocom/gsm/tlv.h
+++ b/include/osmocom/gsm/tlv.h
@@ -111,6 +111,14 @@
 	return buf + len;
 }
 
+/*! put (append) a TL field (a TLV field but omitting the value part). */
+static inline uint8_t *tl_put(uint8_t *buf, uint8_t tag, uint8_t len)
+{
+	*buf++ = tag;
+	*buf++ = len;
+	return buf;
+}
+
 /*! put (append) a TLV16 field */
 static inline uint8_t *tlv16_put(uint8_t *buf, uint8_t tag, uint8_t len,
 				const uint16_t *val)
@@ -132,6 +140,15 @@
 	return buf + len*2;
 }
 
+/*! put (append) a TL16 field. */
+static inline uint8_t *tl16_put(uint8_t *buf, uint8_t tag, uint16_t len)
+{
+	*buf++ = tag;
+	*buf++ = len >> 8;
+	*buf++ = len & 0xff;
+	return buf;
+}
+
 /*! put (append) a TL16V field */
 static inline uint8_t *t16lv_put(uint8_t *buf, uint16_t tag, uint8_t len,
 				const uint8_t *val)
@@ -158,6 +175,23 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
+/*! put (append) a TvL field (a TvLV with variable-size length, where the value part's length is already known, but will
+ * be put() later).
+ * \returns pointer to the value's start position.
+ */
+static inline uint8_t *tvl_put(uint8_t *buf, uint8_t tag, uint16_t len)
+{
+	uint8_t *ret;
+
+	if (len <= TVLV_MAX_ONEBYTE) {
+		ret = tl_put(buf, tag, len);
+		buf[1] |= 0x80;
+	} else
+		ret = tl16_put(buf, tag, len);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 /*! put (append) a variable-length tag or variable-length length * */
 static inline uint8_t *vt_gan_put(uint8_t *buf, uint16_t tag)
 {
@@ -215,6 +249,17 @@
 	return t16lv_put(buf, tag, len, val);
 }
 
+/*! put (append) a TvL field to \ref msgb, i.e. a TvLV with variable-size length, where the value's length is already
+ * known, but will be put() later. The value section is not yet reserved, only tag and variable-length are put in the
+ * msgb.
+ * \returns pointer to the value's start position and end of the msgb.
+ */
+static inline uint8_t *msgb_tvl_put(struct msgb *msg, uint8_t tag, uint16_t len)
+{
+	uint8_t *buf = msgb_put(msg, TVLV_GROSS_LEN(len));
+	return tvl_put(buf, tag, len);
+}
+
 /*! put (append) a TvLV field to \ref msgb */
 static inline uint8_t *msgb_tvlv_put(struct msgb *msg, uint8_t tag, uint16_t len,
 				      const uint8_t *val)