diff --git a/include/private/vkd3d_string.h b/include/private/vkd3d_string.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..16b15028
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/private/vkd3d_string.h
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2021 Hans-Kristian Arntzen for Valve Corporation
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA
+ */
+
+#ifndef __VKD3D_STRING_H
+#define __VKD3D_STRING_H
+
+#include "vkd3d_common.h"
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+/* Various string utilities. */
+
+WCHAR *vkd3d_dup_entry_point(const char *str);
+WCHAR *vkd3d_dup_entry_point_n(const char *str, size_t len);
+WCHAR *vkd3d_dup_demangled_entry_point(const char *str);
+
+bool vkd3d_export_strequal(const WCHAR *a, const WCHAR *b);
+
+char *vkd3d_strdup(const char *str);
+WCHAR *vkd3d_wstrdup(const WCHAR *str);
+WCHAR *vkd3d_wstrdup_n(const WCHAR *str, size_t n);
+
+#endif /* __VKD3D_STRING_H */
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libs/vkd3d-common/meson.build b/libs/vkd3d-common/meson.build
index 2fca0afd..44a5db6e 100644
--- a/libs/vkd3d-common/meson.build
+++ b/libs/vkd3d-common/meson.build
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ vkd3d_common_src = [
   'debug.c',
   'memory.c',
   'utf8.c',
-  'profiling.c'
+  'profiling.c',
+  'string.c',
 ]
 
 vkd3d_common_lib = static_library('vkd3d_common', vkd3d_common_src, vkd3d_header_files,
diff --git a/libs/vkd3d-common/string.c b/libs/vkd3d-common/string.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a1ef4491
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/vkd3d-common/string.c
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2021 Hans-Kristian Arntzen for Valve Corporation
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA
+ */
+
+#define VKD3D_DBG_CHANNEL VKD3D_DBG_CHANNEL_API
+
+#include "vkd3d_string.h"
+#include "vkd3d_memory.h"
+
+char *vkd3d_strdup(const char *str)
+{
+    /* strdup() is actually not standard. */
+    char *duped;
+    size_t len;
+
+    len = strlen(str) + 1;
+
+    duped = vkd3d_malloc(len);
+    if (duped)
+        memcpy(duped, str, len);
+    return duped;
+}
+
+WCHAR *vkd3d_wstrdup(const WCHAR *str)
+{
+    WCHAR *duped;
+    size_t len;
+
+    len = vkd3d_wcslen(str, sizeof(WCHAR)) + 1;
+
+    duped = vkd3d_malloc(len * sizeof(WCHAR));
+    if (duped)
+        memcpy(duped, str, len * sizeof(WCHAR));
+    return duped;
+}
+
+bool vkd3d_export_strequal(const WCHAR *a, const WCHAR *b)
+{
+    if (!a || !b)
+        return false;
+
+    while (*a != '\0' && *b != '\0')
+    {
+        if (*a != *b)
+            return false;
+        a++;
+        b++;
+    }
+    return *a == *b;
+}
+
+WCHAR *vkd3d_dup_entry_point(const char *str)
+{
+    return vkd3d_dup_entry_point_n(str, strlen(str));
+}
+
+WCHAR *vkd3d_dup_entry_point_n(const char *str, size_t len)
+{
+    WCHAR *duped;
+    size_t i;
+
+    duped = vkd3d_malloc((len + 1) * sizeof(WCHAR));
+    if (!duped)
+        return NULL;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
+        duped[i] = (unsigned char)str[i];
+    duped[len] = 0;
+    return duped;
+}
+
+static bool is_valid_identifier_character(char v)
+{
+    return (v >= 'a' && v <= 'z') || (v >= 'A' && v <= 'Z') || v == '_';
+}
+
+WCHAR *vkd3d_dup_demangled_entry_point(const char *entry)
+{
+    const char *end_entry;
+
+    while (*entry != '\0' && !is_valid_identifier_character(*entry))
+        entry++;
+
+    end_entry = entry;
+    while (*end_entry != '\0' && is_valid_identifier_character(*end_entry))
+        end_entry++;
+
+    if (entry == end_entry)
+        return NULL;
+
+    return vkd3d_dup_entry_point_n(entry, end_entry - entry);
+}