diff --git a/src/libutil/util.cc b/src/libutil/util.cc
index 0dfef7763..39476c90a 100644
--- a/src/libutil/util.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/util.cc
@@ -1069,6 +1069,18 @@ string trim(const string & s) {
   
  */
 
+string runProgram_AndPrintOutput(Path program, bool searchPath, const Strings & args, const string outputPrefix)
+{
+	string program_output = runProgram(program, true, args);
+
+	//Add the prefix on every line
+	//TODO
+		
+	//Remove the trailing \n
+    size_t found = program_output.find_last_of("\n");
+	printMsg(lvlError, format("%1%") % program_output.substr(0,found));
+}
+
 void executeAndPrintShellCommand(const string & command, const string & commandName, const bool & captureOutput)
 {
 	///////////////////////
diff --git a/src/libutil/util.hh b/src/libutil/util.hh
index bf70230e9..1aa627942 100644
--- a/src/libutil/util.hh
+++ b/src/libutil/util.hh
@@ -295,6 +295,9 @@ string trim(const string & s);
 //excecute a shell command
 void executeAndPrintShellCommand(const string & command, const string & commandName, const bool & captureOutput);
 
+//
+string runProgram_AndPrintOutput(Path program, bool searchPath, const Strings & args, const string outputPrefix);
+
 //Convert time_t to a string
 string time_t2string(const time_t & t);