diff --git a/include/drm/drmP.h b/include/drm/drmP.h
index 0b921ae..30d4a5a 100644
--- a/include/drm/drmP.h
+++ b/include/drm/drmP.h
@@ -1111,4 +1111,7 @@
 	return true;
 }
 
+/* helper for handling conditionals in various for_each macros */
+#define for_each_if(condition) if (!(condition)) {} else
+
 #endif