diff --git a/common/mapstrings.c b/common/mapstrings.c
index 318ca5bd1..172e198ea 100644
--- a/common/mapstrings.c
+++ b/common/mapstrings.c
@@ -69,6 +69,18 @@ struct mapping_s
 static struct mapping_s *mappings;
 
 
+/* Similar to above but using two integers and a domain as key.  */
+struct intmapping_s
+{
+  struct intmapping_s *next;
+  int key1;
+  int key2;
+  const char *string;
+  char domain[1];
+};
+static struct intmapping_s *intmappings;
+
+
 /* If STRING has already been mapped, return the mapped string.  If
    not return NULL.  */
 static const char *
@@ -166,3 +178,40 @@ map_static_macro_string (const char *string)
 
   return store_mapping (string, p);
 }
+
+
+/* If a list of strings has already been mapped to a the tuple
+ * (DOMAIN,KEY1,KEY2) return that string.  If not, create a mapping
+ * made up of the concatenation of the given strings.  */
+const char *
+map_static_strings (const char *domain, int key1, int key2,
+                    const char *string1, ...)
+{
+  va_list arg_ptr;
+  struct intmapping_s *m;
+
+  if (!string1 || !domain)
+    return "";
+
+  for (m = intmappings; m; m = m->next)
+    if (m->key1 == key1 && m->key2 == key2 && !strcmp (domain, m->domain))
+      return m->string;
+
+  m = xmalloc (sizeof *m + strlen (domain));
+  strcpy (m->domain, domain);
+  m->key1 = key1;
+  m->key2 = key2;
+
+  va_start (arg_ptr, string1);
+  m->string = vstrconcat (string1, arg_ptr);
+  va_end (arg_ptr);
+  if (!m->string)
+    log_fatal ("map_static_strings failed: %s\n", strerror (errno));
+
+  gpgrt_annotate_leaked_object (m->string);
+  gpgrt_annotate_leaked_object (m);
+
+  m->next = intmappings;
+  intmappings = m;
+  return m->string;
+}
diff --git a/common/stringhelp.c b/common/stringhelp.c
index c9e10800d..3e56d664d 100644
--- a/common/stringhelp.c
+++ b/common/stringhelp.c
@@ -1169,9 +1169,10 @@ try_percent_escape (const char *str, const char *extra)
 }
 
 
-
-static char *
-do_strconcat (const char *s1, va_list arg_ptr)
+/* Same as strconcat but takes a va_list.  Returns EINVAL if the list
+ * is too long, all other errors are due to an ENOMEM condition.  */
+char *
+vstrconcat (const char *s1, va_list arg_ptr)
 {
   const char *argv[48];
   size_t argc;
@@ -1216,7 +1217,7 @@ strconcat (const char *s1, ...)
   else
     {
       va_start (arg_ptr, s1);
-      result = do_strconcat (s1, arg_ptr);
+      result = vstrconcat (s1, arg_ptr);
       va_end (arg_ptr);
     }
   return result;
@@ -1235,7 +1236,7 @@ xstrconcat (const char *s1, ...)
   else
     {
       va_start (arg_ptr, s1);
-      result = do_strconcat (s1, arg_ptr);
+      result = vstrconcat (s1, arg_ptr);
       va_end (arg_ptr);
     }
   if (!result)
diff --git a/common/stringhelp.h b/common/stringhelp.h
index cd874af2e..915b3aa72 100644
--- a/common/stringhelp.h
+++ b/common/stringhelp.h
@@ -141,9 +141,12 @@ char *try_percent_escape (const char *str, const char *extra);
    NULL.  Returns a malloced buffer with the new string or NULL on a
    malloc error or if too many arguments are given.  */
 char *strconcat (const char *s1, ...) GPGRT_ATTR_SENTINEL(0);
+/* Same but taking a va_list.  */
+char *vstrconcat (const char *s1, va_list arg_ptr);
 /* Ditto, but die on error.  */
 char *xstrconcat (const char *s1, ...) GPGRT_ATTR_SENTINEL(0);
 
+
 char **strsplit (char *string, char delim, char replacement, int *count);
 
 /* Tokenize STRING using the set of delimiters in DELIM.  */
@@ -172,5 +175,7 @@ char *substitute_envvars (const char *string);
 
 /*-- mapstrings.c --*/
 const char *map_static_macro_string (const char *string);
+const char *map_static_strings (const char *domain, int key1, int key2,
+                                const char *string1, ...);
 
 #endif /*GNUPG_COMMON_STRINGHELP_H*/
diff --git a/common/t-mapstrings.c b/common/t-mapstrings.c
index 0856c3cc4..7dc622177 100644
--- a/common/t-mapstrings.c
+++ b/common/t-mapstrings.c
@@ -88,6 +88,31 @@ test_map_static_macro_string (void)
 }
 
 
+static void
+test_map_static_strings (void)
+{
+  const char *s, *s1;
+
+  s1 = map_static_strings ("mydomain", 0, 42,
+                           "This", " ", "is", " ", "my"," ","string", NULL);
+  if (strcmp (s1, "This is my string"))
+    fail (1);
+  s = map_static_strings ("mydomain", 0, 42,
+                          "This", " ", "is", " ", "my"," ","string", NULL);
+  if (strcmp (s1, s))
+    fail (2);
+  s = map_static_strings ("mydomain", 0, 42, "foo", NULL);
+  if (strcmp (s1, s))
+    fail (3);
+  s = map_static_strings ("mydomain", 1, 42, "foo 1.42", NULL);
+  if (!strcmp (s1, s))
+    fail (4);
+  s = map_static_strings ("xdomain", 1, 42, "foo 1.42 other domain", NULL);
+  if (!strcmp (s1, s))
+    fail (5);
+}
+
+
 int
 main (int argc, char **argv)
 {
@@ -95,6 +120,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
   (void)argv;
 
   test_map_static_macro_string ();
+  test_map_static_strings ();
 
   return 0;
 }