diff --git a/legacy/eina/src/include/Makefile.am b/legacy/eina/src/include/Makefile.am
index b8fbbf4877..64b5782c9d 100644
--- a/legacy/eina/src/include/Makefile.am
+++ b/legacy/eina/src/include/Makefile.am
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ eina_counter.h \
 eina_inline_array.x \
 eina_magic.h \
 eina_stringshare.h \
+eina_inline_stringshare.x \
 eina_inline_list.x \
 eina_accessor.h \
 eina_convert.h \
diff --git a/legacy/eina/src/include/eina_inline_stringshare.x b/legacy/eina/src/include/eina_inline_stringshare.x
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..68188f0a0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/legacy/eina/src/include/eina_inline_stringshare.x
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/* EINA - EFL data type library
+ * Copyright (C) 2002-2008 Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri
+ *
+ * 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef EINA_STRINGSHARE_INLINE_H_
+#define EINA_STRINGSHARE_INLINE_H_
+
+/**
+ * @addtogroup Eina_Stringshare_Group Stringshare
+ *
+ * @{
+ */
+
+static inline Eina_Bool
+eina_stringshare_replace(const char **p_str, const char *new)
+{
+   new = eina_stringshare_add(new);
+   eina_stringshare_del(*p_str);
+   if (*p_str == new)
+     return 0;
+   *p_str = new;
+   return 1;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @}
+ */
+
+#endif /* EINA_STRINGSHARE_INLINE_H_ */
diff --git a/legacy/eina/src/include/eina_stringshare.h b/legacy/eina/src/include/eina_stringshare.h
index f760f0ed19..f59844dd0d 100644
--- a/legacy/eina/src/include/eina_stringshare.h
+++ b/legacy/eina/src/include/eina_stringshare.h
@@ -72,7 +72,10 @@ EAPI const char *eina_stringshare_ref(const char *str);
 EAPI void eina_stringshare_del(const char *str);
 EAPI int eina_stringshare_strlen(const char *str) EINA_CONST EINA_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
 EAPI void eina_stringshare_dump(void);
-    
+
+
+#include "eina_inline_stringshare.x"
+
 /**
  * @}
  */