diff --git a/Makefile.include b/Makefile.include
index f5b0435..ceca2f2 100644
--- a/Makefile.include
+++ b/Makefile.include
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ ifdef NO_MEMRCHR
 	obj-compat = src/compat/memrchr.o
 endif
 obj-xalloc = src/xalloc.o src/die.o
+obj-str-list = src/str-list.o $(obj-xalloc)
 obj-strbuf = src/strbuf.o $(obj-xalloc)
 obj-path = src/path.o $(obj-strbuf)
 obj-rbtree = src/rbtree.o $(obj-xalloc)
diff --git a/src/str-list.c b/src/str-list.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4616724
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/str-list.c
@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+/* str-list.c
+ *
+ *  (C) Copyright 2010 Henrik Hautakoski <henrik@fiktivkod.org>
+ *
+ *  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ */
+
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include "xalloc.h"
+#include "str-list.h"
+
+static void resize(struct str_list *list) {
+
+    if (!list->nr) {
+        xfree(list->items);
+        str_list_init(list);
+        return;
+    }
+    list->items = xrealloc(list->items, sizeof(list->items) * list->nr);
+}
+
+static int get_index(struct str_list *list, const char *str, int *match) {
+
+    int min = -1, max = list->nr;
+
+    while(min + 1 < max) {
+        int mid = min + (max - min)/2;
+        int cmp = strcmp(list->items[mid], str);
+        if (cmp < 0) {
+            min = mid;
+        } else if (cmp > 0) {
+            max = mid;
+        } else {
+            *match = 1;
+            return mid;
+        }
+    }
+
+    *match = 0;
+    return max;
+}
+
+void str_list_init(struct str_list *list) {
+
+    list->items = NULL;
+    list->nr = 0;
+}
+
+struct str_list* str_list_create(void) {
+
+    struct str_list *list = xmalloc(sizeof(struct str_list));
+    list->items = NULL;
+    list->nr = 0;
+    return list;
+}
+
+int str_list_destroy(struct str_list *list) {
+
+    if (str_list_isempty(list)) {
+        xfree(list);
+        return 1;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+void str_list_clear(struct str_list *list) {
+
+    str_list_clear_fn(list, xfree);
+}
+
+void str_list_clear_fn(struct str_list *list, void (*fn)(void *)) {
+
+    if (list->items) {
+        if (fn) {
+            int i;
+            for(i=0; i < list->nr; i++)
+                fn(list->items[i]);
+        }
+        xfree(list->items);
+    }
+    list->items = NULL;
+    list->nr = 0;
+}
+
+int str_list_insert(struct str_list *list, const char *str) {
+
+    int match, index = get_index(list, str, &match);
+
+    if (match)
+        return -1;
+
+    list->items = xrealloc(list->items, sizeof(list->items) * (list->nr + 1));
+    if (index < list->nr) {
+        memmove(list->items + index + 1, list->items + index, 
+            sizeof(list->items) * (list->nr - index));
+    }
+    
+    list->items[index] = (char *) str;
+    list->nr++;
+    
+    return index;
+}
+
+char* str_list_remove(struct str_list *list, const char *str) {
+
+    char *item = NULL;
+
+    if (list && str) {
+        int match, index = get_index(list, str, &match);
+        if (match && index < list->nr) {
+            item = list->items[index];
+            if (index < --list->nr) {
+                memmove(list->items + index, list->items + index + 1, 
+                    sizeof(list->items) * (list->nr - index));
+            }
+            resize(list);
+        }
+    }
+    return item;
+}
+
+char* str_list_reduce(struct str_list *list) {
+
+    char *item = NULL;
+
+    if (list && list->nr) {
+        item = list->items[--list->nr];
+        resize(list);
+    }
+    return item;
+}
+
+int str_list_indexof(struct str_list *list, const char *str) {
+
+    int match, index = get_index(list, str, &match);
+    return match ? index : -1;
+}
+
+char* str_list_lookup(struct str_list *list, const char *str) {
+
+    int match, index = get_index(list, str, &match);
+
+    if (!match)
+        return NULL;
+    return list->items[index];
+}
+
+int str_list_has(struct str_list *list, const char *str) {
+
+    int rc;
+    get_index(list, str, &rc);
+    return rc;
+}
+
+char** str_list_export(struct str_list *list) {
+
+    int i;
+    char **out = xmalloc(sizeof(char*) * (list->nr + 1));
+    
+    for(i=0; i < list->nr; i++)
+        out[i] = list->items[i];
+    out[list->nr] = NULL;
+
+    return out;
+}
+
+
diff --git a/src/str-list.h b/src/str-list.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d2f2b05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/str-list.h
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/* list.h
+ *
+ *  (C) Copyright 2010 Henrik Hautakoski <henrik@fiktivkod.org>
+ *
+ *  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __STR_LIST_H
+#define __STR_LIST_H
+
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+struct str_list {
+    char **items;
+    size_t nr;
+};
+
+void str_list_init(struct str_list *list);
+
+struct str_list* str_list_create(void);
+
+int str_list_destroy(struct str_list *list);
+
+void str_list_clear(struct str_list *list);
+
+void str_list_clear_fn(struct str_list *list, void (*fn)(void *));
+
+int str_list_insert(struct str_list *list, const char *str);
+
+char* str_list_remove(struct str_list *list, const char *str);
+
+char* str_list_reduce(struct str_list *list);
+
+int str_list_indexof(struct str_list *list, const char *str);
+
+char* str_list_lookup(struct str_list *list, const char *str);
+
+int str_list_has(struct str_list *list, const char *str);
+
+#define str_list_foreach(i, l) \
+    for(i = (l)->items; i < (l)->items + (l)->nr; ++i)
+
+#define str_list_size(l) ((l) ? (l)->nr : 0)
+
+#define str_list_isempty(l) (!(l) || (l)->nr == 0)
+
+#endif /* __STR_LIST_H */
diff --git a/test/Makefile b/test/Makefile
index 6441fdd..e5e736d 100644
--- a/test/Makefile
+++ b/test/Makefile
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ path : unit.c $(ROOT)src/path.o $(addprefix $(ROOT),$(obj-strbuf))
 fscrawl : $(ROOT)src/fscrawl.o $(addprefix $(ROOT),$(obj-fscrawl))
 notify : $(addprefix $(ROOT),$(obj-notify))
 log : $(addprefix $(ROOT),$(obj-log))
+str-list : unit.c $(addprefix $(ROOT),$(obj-str-list))
 
 clean :
 	$(RM) $(patsubst t_%.c,test_%,$(wildcard t_*.c))
diff --git a/test/t_str-list.c b/test/t_str-list.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4cff082
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/t_str-list.c
@@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
+
+#include "../src/str-list.h"
+#include "unit.h"
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+void test_insert() {
+
+    int i;
+    char *ref[4] = { "a", "b", "c", "d" };
+    struct str_list *l = str_list_create();
+
+    str_list_insert(l, "a");
+    str_list_insert(l, "c");
+    str_list_insert(l, "b");
+    str_list_insert(l, "d");
+    
+    for(i=0; i < 4; i++)
+        assert(strcmp(l->items[i], ref[i]) == 0);
+    
+    str_list_clear_fn(l, NULL);
+    str_list_destroy(l);
+}
+
+void test_remove() {
+
+    char *ref[2] = { "a", "c" };
+    struct str_list *l = str_list_create();
+    
+    str_list_insert(l, "a");
+    str_list_insert(l, "c");
+    str_list_insert(l, "b");
+    str_list_insert(l, "d");
+    
+    str_list_remove(l, "d");
+    str_list_remove(l, "b");
+    
+    assert(str_list_size(l) == 2);
+    assert(strcmp(l->items[0], ref[0]) == 0);
+    assert(strcmp(l->items[1], ref[1]) == 0);
+    
+    str_list_remove(l, "c");
+    str_list_remove(l, "a");
+    
+    assert(str_list_size(l) == 0);
+    str_list_destroy(l);
+}
+
+void test_isempty() {
+    
+    struct str_list *l = NULL;
+    
+    assert(str_list_isempty(l));
+    l = str_list_create();
+    assert(str_list_isempty(l));
+    str_list_insert(l, "string");
+    assert(str_list_isempty(l) == 0);
+    
+    str_list_clear_fn(l, NULL);
+    str_list_destroy(l);
+}
+
+void test_size() {
+
+    struct str_list *l = NULL;
+    
+    assert(str_list_size(l) == 0);
+    l = str_list_create();
+    assert(str_list_size(l) == 0);
+    str_list_insert(l, "a");
+    str_list_insert(l, "b");
+    assert(str_list_size(l) == 2);
+    
+    str_list_clear_fn(l, NULL);
+    str_list_destroy(l);
+}
+
+void test_indexof() {
+
+    struct str_list *l = str_list_create();
+
+    str_list_insert(l, "a");
+    str_list_insert(l, "b");
+    str_list_insert(l, "c");
+
+    assert(str_list_indexof(l, "a") == 0);
+    assert(str_list_indexof(l, "b") == 1);
+    assert(str_list_indexof(l, "c") == 2);
+
+    str_list_clear_fn(l, NULL);
+    str_list_destroy(l);
+}
+
+void test_foreach() {
+
+    int i = 0;
+    char **item, *ref[4] = { "a", "b", "c", "d" };
+    struct str_list *l = str_list_create();
+
+    str_list_insert(l, "a");
+    str_list_insert(l, "c");
+    str_list_insert(l, "b");
+    str_list_insert(l, "d");
+
+    str_list_foreach(item, l) {
+        assert_string(ref[i], *item);
+        i++; 
+    }
+
+    str_list_clear_fn(l, NULL);
+    str_list_destroy(l);
+}
+
+void test_has() {
+
+    struct str_list *l = str_list_create();
+    
+    str_list_insert(l, "something");
+    str_list_insert(l, "somethingelse");
+    assert(str_list_has(l, l->items[1]));
+    assert(str_list_has(l, "don't exists") == 0);
+    
+    str_list_clear_fn(l, NULL);
+    str_list_destroy(l);
+}
+
+void test_lookup() {
+
+    struct str_list *l = str_list_create();
+
+    str_list_insert(l, "something");
+    str_list_insert(l, "find me");
+    str_list_insert(l, "random");
+    
+    assert(strcmp(str_list_lookup(l, "find me"), "find me") == 0);
+    assert(str_list_lookup(l, "don't exists") == NULL);
+    
+    str_list_clear_fn(l, NULL);
+    str_list_destroy(l);
+}
+
+int main() {
+
+    test_insert();
+    test_remove();
+    test_isempty();
+    test_size();
+    test_indexof();
+    test_foreach();
+    test_has();
+    test_lookup();
+
+    return 0;
+}