diff --git a/src/shared/ip-protocol-list.c b/src/shared/ip-protocol-list.c
index 0623d5e9be..21d88f2660 100644
--- a/src/shared/ip-protocol-list.c
+++ b/src/shared/ip-protocol-list.c
@@ -65,3 +65,13 @@ int parse_ip_protocol(const char *s) {
 
         return i;
 }
+
+const char *ip_protocol_to_tcp_udp(int id) {
+        return IN_SET(id, IPPROTO_TCP, IPPROTO_UDP) ?
+                ip_protocol_to_name(id) : NULL;
+}
+
+int ip_protocol_from_tcp_udp(const char *ip_protocol) {
+        int id = ip_protocol_from_name(ip_protocol);
+        return IN_SET(id, IPPROTO_TCP, IPPROTO_UDP) ? id : -EINVAL;
+}
diff --git a/src/shared/ip-protocol-list.h b/src/shared/ip-protocol-list.h
index abe3f5fc28..b40ec08301 100644
--- a/src/shared/ip-protocol-list.h
+++ b/src/shared/ip-protocol-list.h
@@ -4,3 +4,6 @@
 const char *ip_protocol_to_name(int id);
 int ip_protocol_from_name(const char *name);
 int parse_ip_protocol(const char *s);
+
+const char *ip_protocol_to_tcp_udp(int id);
+int ip_protocol_from_tcp_udp(const char *ip_protocol);