diff --git a/nhrpd/zbuf.c b/nhrpd/zbuf.c
index 7f1475cc69..1a4a7b3996 100644
--- a/nhrpd/zbuf.c
+++ b/nhrpd/zbuf.c
@@ -230,3 +230,15 @@ void zbuf_copy(struct zbuf *zdst, struct zbuf *zsrc, size_t len)
 		return;
 	memcpy(dst, src, len);
 }
+
+void zbuf_copy_peek(struct zbuf *zdst, struct zbuf *zsrc, size_t len)
+{
+	const void *src;
+	void *dst;
+
+	dst = zbuf_pushn(zdst, len);
+	src = zbuf_pulln(zsrc, 0);
+	if (!dst || !src)
+		return;
+	memcpy(dst, src, len);
+}
diff --git a/nhrpd/zbuf.h b/nhrpd/zbuf.h
index e6f7101d63..d4a7c15a95 100644
--- a/nhrpd/zbuf.h
+++ b/nhrpd/zbuf.h
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ static inline void zbuf_put_be32(struct zbuf *zb, uint32_t val)
 }
 
 void zbuf_copy(struct zbuf *zb, struct zbuf *src, size_t len);
+void zbuf_copy_peek(struct zbuf *zdst, struct zbuf *zsrc, size_t len);
 
 void zbufq_init(struct zbuf_queue *);
 void zbufq_reset(struct zbuf_queue *);