diff --git a/src/common/ieee802_11_defs.h b/src/common/ieee802_11_defs.h
index 4061fa132..b72f35034 100644
--- a/src/common/ieee802_11_defs.h
+++ b/src/common/ieee802_11_defs.h
@@ -1523,8 +1523,6 @@ struct rrm_link_measurement_report {
 	u8 variable[0];
 } STRUCT_PACKED;
 
-#define SSID_MAX_LEN 32
-
 /* IEEE Std 802.11ad-2012 - Multi-band element */
 struct multi_band_ie {
 	u8 eid; /* WLAN_EID_MULTI_BAND */
diff --git a/src/utils/common.c b/src/utils/common.c
index 9c7d0d40b..450e2c651 100644
--- a/src/utils/common.c
+++ b/src/utils/common.c
@@ -1123,3 +1123,51 @@ int is_ctrl_char(char c)
 {
 	return c > 0 && c < 32;
 }
+
+
+/**
+ * ssid_parse - Parse a string that contains SSID in hex or text format
+ * @buf: Input NULL terminated string that contains the SSID
+ * @ssid: Output SSID
+ * Returns: 0 on success, -1 otherwise
+ *
+ * The SSID has to be enclosed in double quotes for the text format or space
+ * or NULL terminated string of hex digits for the hex format. buf can include
+ * additional arguments after the SSID.
+ */
+int ssid_parse(const char *buf, struct wpa_ssid_value *ssid)
+{
+	char *tmp, *res, *end;
+	size_t len;
+
+	ssid->ssid_len = 0;
+
+	tmp = os_strdup(buf);
+	if (!tmp)
+		return -1;
+
+	if (*tmp != '"') {
+		end = os_strchr(tmp, ' ');
+		if (end)
+			*end = '\0';
+	} else {
+		end = os_strchr(tmp + 1, '"');
+		if (!end) {
+			os_free(tmp);
+			return -1;
+		}
+
+		end[1] = '\0';
+	}
+
+	res = wpa_config_parse_string(tmp, &len);
+	if (res && len <= SSID_MAX_LEN) {
+		ssid->ssid_len = len;
+		os_memcpy(ssid->ssid, res, len);
+	}
+
+	os_free(tmp);
+	os_free(res);
+
+	return ssid->ssid_len ? 0 : -1;
+}
diff --git a/src/utils/common.h b/src/utils/common.h
index 6f0de699d..701dbb236 100644
--- a/src/utils/common.h
+++ b/src/utils/common.h
@@ -448,6 +448,13 @@ typedef u64 __bitwise le64;
 #endif /* __GNUC__ */
 #endif /* __must_check */
 
+#define SSID_MAX_LEN 32
+
+struct wpa_ssid_value {
+	u8 ssid[SSID_MAX_LEN];
+	size_t ssid_len;
+};
+
 int hwaddr_aton(const char *txt, u8 *addr);
 int hwaddr_masked_aton(const char *txt, u8 *addr, u8 *mask, u8 maskable);
 int hwaddr_compact_aton(const char *txt, u8 *addr);
@@ -464,6 +471,7 @@ int wpa_snprintf_hex_uppercase(char *buf, size_t buf_size, const u8 *data,
 			       size_t len);
 
 int hwaddr_mask_txt(char *buf, size_t len, const u8 *addr, const u8 *mask);
+int ssid_parse(const char *buf, struct wpa_ssid_value *ssid);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NATIVE_WINDOWS
 void wpa_unicode2ascii_inplace(TCHAR *str);
diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant_i.h b/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant_i.h
index c48589171..e6fc45787 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant_i.h
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant_i.h
@@ -393,11 +393,6 @@ struct wps_ap_info {
 	u8 uuid[WPS_UUID_LEN];
 };
 
-struct wpa_ssid_value {
-	u8 ssid[SSID_MAX_LEN];
-	size_t ssid_len;
-};
-
 #define WPA_FREQ_USED_BY_INFRA_STATION BIT(0)
 #define WPA_FREQ_USED_BY_P2P_CLIENT BIT(1)