diff --git a/include/bongoutil.h b/include/bongoutil.h
index 4c3ccdf..2c7288a 100644
--- a/include/bongoutil.h
+++ b/include/bongoutil.h
@@ -332,6 +332,7 @@ BongoList *BongoListReverse(BongoList *list);
 void BongoListFree(BongoList *list);
 void BongoListFreeDeep(BongoList *list);
 int BongoListLength(BongoList *list);
+BOOL BongoListDelete(BongoList *list, void *data);
 
 BongoSList *BongoSListCopy(BongoSList *slist);
 BongoSList *BongoSListAppend(BongoSList *slist, void *data);
@@ -341,6 +342,7 @@ BongoSList *BongoSListReverse(BongoSList *slist);
 void BongoSListFree(BongoSList *slist);
 void BongoSListFreeDeep(BongoSList *slist);
 int BongoSListLength(BongoSList *slist);
+BOOL BongoSListDelete(BongoSList *list, void *data);
 
 /** end lists.c **/
 
diff --git a/src/libs/bongoutil/lists.c b/src/libs/bongoutil/lists.c
index 66ec2d4..4e1dee2 100644
--- a/src/libs/bongoutil/lists.c
+++ b/src/libs/bongoutil/lists.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
  * may find current contact information at www.novell.com.
  * </Novell-copyright>
  ****************************************************************************/
+// (C) 2008 Patrick Felt
 
 #include <config.h>
 #include <xpl.h>
@@ -158,6 +159,34 @@ BongoSListLength(BongoSList *slist)
     return i;
 }
 
+BOOL
+BongoSListDelete(BongoSList *list, void *data)
+{
+    BongoSList *cur=list;
+    BongoSList *prev=NULL;
+    BOOL result=FALSE;
+
+    if (!list) {
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    while (cur) {
+        if (cur->data == data) {
+            result=TRUE;
+            /* unlink this item */
+            if (prev) {
+                prev->next = cur->next;
+            }
+
+            MemFree(cur);
+            break;
+        }
+        prev=cur;
+        cur=cur->next;
+    }
+
+    return result;
+}
 
 BongoList * 
 BongoListCopy(BongoList *list)
@@ -298,3 +327,33 @@ BongoListLength(BongoList *list)
     }
     return i;
 }
+
+BOOL
+BongoListDelete(BongoList *list, void *data)
+{
+    BOOL result=FALSE;
+    BongoList *cur=list;
+
+    if (!list) {
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    while (cur) {
+        if (cur->data == data) {
+            result=TRUE;
+            /* unlink this item */
+            if (cur->prev) {
+                cur->prev->next = cur->next;
+            }
+
+            if (cur->next) {
+                cur->next->prev = cur->prev;
+            }
+            MemFree(cur);
+            break;
+        }
+        cur = cur->next;
+    }
+
+    return result;
+}