diff --git a/include/netlink/object.h b/include/netlink/object.h
index ef1ed9f..7dc62ac 100644
--- a/include/netlink/object.h
+++ b/include/netlink/object.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ extern void			nl_object_put(struct nl_object *);
 extern int			nl_object_shared(struct nl_object *);
 extern void			nl_object_dump(struct nl_object *,
 					       struct nl_dump_params *);
+extern void			nl_object_dump_buf(struct nl_object *, char *, size_t);
 extern int			nl_object_identical(struct nl_object *,
 						    struct nl_object *);
 extern uint32_t			nl_object_diff(struct nl_object *,
diff --git a/lib/object.c b/lib/object.c
index 4a1b356..3bf02ea 100644
--- a/lib/object.c
+++ b/lib/object.c
@@ -250,6 +250,16 @@ void nl_object_dump(struct nl_object *obj, struct nl_dump_params *params)
 	dump_from_ops(obj, params);
 }
 
+void nl_object_dump_buf(struct nl_object *obj, char *buf, size_t len)
+{
+        struct nl_dump_params dp = {
+                .dp_buf = buf,
+                .dp_buflen = len,
+        };
+
+        return nl_object_dump(obj, &dp);
+}
+
 /**
  * Check if the identifiers of two objects are identical 
  * @arg a		an object