diff --git a/legacy/efreet/src/lib/efreet_utils.c b/legacy/efreet/src/lib/efreet_utils.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..532414b529
--- /dev/null
+++ b/legacy/efreet/src/lib/efreet_utils.c
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/* vim: set sw=4 ts=4 sts=4 et: */
+#include "Efreet.h"
+#include "efreet_private.h"
+
+int
+efreet_util_path_in_default(const char *section, const char *path)
+{
+    Ecore_List *dirs;
+    int ret = 0;
+    char *dir;
+
+    dirs = efreet_default_dirs_get(efreet_data_home_get(), efreet_data_dirs_get(),
+                                                                    section);
+
+    ecore_list_goto_first(dirs);
+    while ((dir = ecore_list_next(dirs)))
+    {
+        size_t len;
+
+        len = strlen(dir);
+        if (!strncmp(path, dir, strlen(dir)))
+        {
+            ret = 1;
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    ecore_list_destroy(dirs);
+    return ret;
+}
diff --git a/legacy/efreet/src/lib/efreet_utils.h b/legacy/efreet/src/lib/efreet_utils.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..36e8f6cabc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/legacy/efreet/src/lib/efreet_utils.h
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+/* vim: set sw=4 ts=4 sts=4 et: */
+#ifndef EFREET_UTILS_H
+#define EFREET_UTILS_H
+
+int efreet_util_path_in_default(const char *section, const char *path);
+
+#endif