diff --git a/include/asterisk/strings.h b/include/asterisk/strings.h
index dc5f8e18a15ea2333b5ad146b145641f1f20662f..1ba62ede3f7d4704bbd41820dc789ca73b50f6b7 100644
--- a/include/asterisk/strings.h
+++ b/include/asterisk/strings.h
@@ -37,7 +37,13 @@ static force_inline int ast_strlen_zero(const char *s)
 /*! \brief returns the equivalent of logic or for strings:
  * first one if not empty, otherwise second one.
  */
-#define S_OR(a, b)	(!ast_strlen_zero(a) ? (a) : (b))
+#define S_OR(a, b)           (!ast_strlen_zero(a) ? (a) : (b))
+
+/*! \brief returns the equivalent of logic or for strings, with an additional boolean check:
+ * second one if not empty and first one is true, otherwise third one.
+ * example: S_COR(usewidget, widget, "<no widget>")
+ */
+#define S_COR(a, b, c)   ((a && !ast_strlen_zero(b)) ? (b) : (c))
 
 /*!
   \brief Gets a pointer to the first non-whitespace character in a string.