diff --git a/include/asterisk/json.h b/include/asterisk/json.h
index 011359b92e8018151ffe3dfda9fc5e4046516e3e..02b617e80db5a524a67afea2454053bf993127e9 100644
--- a/include/asterisk/json.h
+++ b/include/asterisk/json.h
@@ -590,6 +590,17 @@ size_t ast_json_object_size(struct ast_json *object);
  */
 struct ast_json *ast_json_object_get(struct ast_json *object, const char *key);
 
+/*!
+ * \brief Get a string field from a JSON object.
+ * \since 13.26.0
+ *
+ * \param object JSON object.
+ * \param key Key of string field to look up.
+ * \return String value of given \a key.
+ * \return \c NULL on error, or key value is not a string.
+ */
+#define ast_json_object_string_get(object, key) ast_json_string_get(ast_json_object_get(object, key))
+
 /*!
  * \brief Set a field in a JSON object.
  * \since 12.0.0
diff --git a/include/asterisk/strings.h b/include/asterisk/strings.h
index 85393b4f95995d07532dca839cd9218764ec9797..0f0e8910e1b27d34594c42273dbe2f3112e52823 100644
--- a/include/asterisk/strings.h
+++ b/include/asterisk/strings.h
@@ -1354,6 +1354,21 @@ void ast_str_container_remove(struct ao2_container *str_container, const char *r
  */
 char *ast_generate_random_string(char *buf, size_t size);
 
+/*!
+ * \brief Compare strings for equality checking for NULL.
+ * \since 13.26.0
+ *
+ * This function considers NULL values as non-strings, thus a false condition.
+ * This means that it will return false if one, or both of the given values are
+ * NULL (i.e. two NULLs are not equal strings).
+ *
+ * \param str1 The string to compare to str2
+ * \param str2 The string to compare to str1
+ *
+ * \return true if valid strings and equal, false otherwise.
+ */
+int ast_strings_equal(const char *str1, const char *str2);
+
 /*!
  * \brief Compares 2 strings using realtime-style operators
  * \since 13.9.0
diff --git a/main/strings.c b/main/strings.c
index 8102c3e9d0245d726de5fd9f9c22552d04fe4065..cdb19842d44b75996dabee7d3ff2fd7f8c705b7e 100644
--- a/main/strings.c
+++ b/main/strings.c
@@ -247,6 +247,15 @@ char *ast_generate_random_string(char *buf, size_t size)
 	return buf;
 }
 
+int ast_strings_equal(const char *str1, const char *str2)
+{
+	if (!str1 || !str2) {
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	return str1 == str2 || !strcmp(str1, str2);
+}
+
 int ast_strings_match(const char *left, const char *op, const char *right)
 {
 	char *internal_op = (char *)op;