diff --git a/src/capwap/cw_strlist_get_str.c b/src/capwap/cw_strlist_get_str.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..14157929
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/capwap/cw_strlist_get_str.c
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#include "capwap.h"
+
+const char * cw_strlist_get_str(struct cw_strlist *s,int id)
+{
+	while ( s->id!=0){
+		if (s->id==id)
+			break;
+		s++;
+	}
+	return s->str;
+}
+