diff --git a/libcpuid/libcpuid_util.c b/libcpuid/libcpuid_util.c
index c907f5c..6c02783 100644
--- a/libcpuid/libcpuid_util.c
+++ b/libcpuid/libcpuid_util.c
@@ -174,6 +174,21 @@ int match_pattern(const char* s, const char* p)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int cpu_vendor(void)
+{
+	int r;
+	struct cpu_raw_data_t raw;
+	struct cpu_id_t data;
+	if ((r = cpuid_get_raw_data(&raw)) < 0)
+		return set_error(r);
+	if ((r = cpu_identify(&raw, &data)) < 0)
+		return set_error(r);
+	if (0 <= data.vendor && data.vendor < NUM_CPU_VENDORS)
+		return data.vendor;
+	else
+		return set_error(r);
+}
+
 struct cpu_id_t* get_cached_cpuid(void)
 {
 	static int initialized = 0;
diff --git a/libcpuid/libcpuid_util.h b/libcpuid/libcpuid_util.h
index 34e1efe..f045db6 100644
--- a/libcpuid/libcpuid_util.h
+++ b/libcpuid/libcpuid_util.h
@@ -70,6 +70,12 @@ void generic_get_cpu_list(const struct match_entry_t* matchtable, int count,
  */
 int match_pattern(const char* haystack, const char* pattern);
 
+/*
+ * Get the CPU vendor
+ * Return val: see enum cpu_vendor_t
+*/
+int cpu_vendor(void);
+
 /*
  * Gets an initialized cpu_id_t. It is cached, so that internal libcpuid
  * machinery doesn't need to issue cpu_identify more than once.