diff --git a/source/blender/blenlib/BLI_listbase.h b/source/blender/blenlib/BLI_listbase.h
index c1e28d5ebc3..1e931e6f0d7 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenlib/BLI_listbase.h
+++ b/source/blender/blenlib/BLI_listbase.h
@@ -50,12 +50,14 @@ void *BLI_findlink(const struct ListBase *listbase, int number) ATTR_WARN_UNUSED
 void *BLI_findstring(const struct ListBase *listbase, const char *id, const int offset) ATTR_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT ATTR_NONNULL(1);
 void *BLI_findstring_ptr(const struct ListBase *listbase, const char *id, const int offset) ATTR_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT ATTR_NONNULL(1);
 void *BLI_findptr(const struct ListBase *listbase, const void *ptr, const int offset) ATTR_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT ATTR_NONNULL(1);
+void *BLI_listbase_bytes_find(const ListBase *listbase, const void *bytes, const size_t bytes_size, const int offset) ATTR_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT ATTR_NONNULL(1, 2);
 
 /* find backwards */
 void *BLI_rfindlink(const struct ListBase *listbase, int number) ATTR_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT ATTR_NONNULL(1);
 void *BLI_rfindstring(const struct ListBase *listbase, const char *id, const int offset) ATTR_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT ATTR_NONNULL(1);
 void *BLI_rfindstring_ptr(const struct ListBase *listbase, const char *id, const int offset) ATTR_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT ATTR_NONNULL(1);
 void *BLI_rfindptr(const struct ListBase *listbase, const void *ptr, const int offset) ATTR_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT ATTR_NONNULL(1);
+void *BLI_listbase_bytes_rfind(const ListBase *listbase, const void *bytes, const size_t bytes_size, const int offset) ATTR_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT ATTR_NONNULL(1, 2);
 
 void BLI_freelistN(struct ListBase *listbase) ATTR_NONNULL(1);
 void BLI_addtail(struct ListBase *listbase, void *vlink) ATTR_NONNULL(1);
diff --git a/source/blender/blenlib/intern/listbase.c b/source/blender/blenlib/intern/listbase.c
index 0a6d575c7d6..d2cf0cf49a2 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenlib/intern/listbase.c
+++ b/source/blender/blenlib/intern/listbase.c
@@ -691,6 +691,46 @@ void *BLI_rfindptr(const ListBase *listbase, const void *ptr, const int offset)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Finds the first element of listbase which contains the specified bytes
+ * at the specified offset, returning NULL if not found.
+ */
+void *BLI_listbase_bytes_find(const ListBase *listbase, const void *bytes, const size_t bytes_size, const int offset)
+{
+	Link *link = NULL;
+	const void *ptr_iter;
+
+	for (link = listbase->first; link; link = link->next) {
+		ptr_iter = (const void *)(((const char *)link) + offset);
+
+		if (memcmp(bytes, ptr_iter, bytes_size) == 0) {
+			return link;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+/* same as above but find reverse */
+/**
+ * Finds the last element of listbase which contains the specified bytes
+ * at the specified offset, returning NULL if not found.
+ */
+void *BLI_listbase_bytes_rfind(const ListBase *listbase, const void *bytes, const size_t bytes_size, const int offset)
+{
+	Link *link = NULL;
+	const void *ptr_iter;
+
+	for (link = listbase->last; link; link = link->prev) {
+		ptr_iter = (const void *)(((const char *)link) + offset);
+
+		if (memcmp(bytes, ptr_iter, bytes_size) == 0) {
+			return link;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 /**
  * Returns the 0-based index of the first element of listbase which contains the specified
  * null-terminated string at the specified offset, or -1 if not found.