diff --git a/libkmod/libkmod-list.c b/libkmod/libkmod-list.c
index 6d75d66..d74d66d 100644
--- a/libkmod/libkmod-list.c
+++ b/libkmod/libkmod-list.c
@@ -138,6 +138,18 @@ struct kmod_list *kmod_list_remove_data(struct kmod_list *list,
 	return container_of(node, struct kmod_list, node);
 }
 
+KMOD_EXPORT struct kmod_list *kmod_list_prev(struct kmod_list *list,
+							struct kmod_list *curr)
+{
+	if (list == NULL || curr == NULL)
+		return NULL;
+
+	if (curr->node.prev == &list->node)
+		return NULL;
+
+	return container_of(curr->node.prev, struct kmod_list, node);
+}
+
 KMOD_EXPORT struct kmod_list *kmod_list_next(struct kmod_list *list,
 							struct kmod_list *curr)
 {
diff --git a/libkmod/libkmod.h b/libkmod/libkmod.h
index 2d5c281..8e262d4 100644
--- a/libkmod/libkmod.h
+++ b/libkmod/libkmod.h
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ void kmod_set_userdata(struct kmod_ctx *ctx, void *userdata);
 struct kmod_list;
 struct kmod_list *kmod_list_next(struct kmod_list *first_entry,
 						struct kmod_list *list_entry);
+struct kmod_list *kmod_list_prev(struct kmod_list *first_entry,
+						struct kmod_list *list_entry);
 #define kmod_list_foreach(list_entry, first_entry) \
 	for (list_entry = first_entry; \
 		list_entry != NULL; \
diff --git a/libkmod/libkmod.sym b/libkmod/libkmod.sym
index 06f4077..70fdd00 100644
--- a/libkmod/libkmod.sym
+++ b/libkmod/libkmod.sym
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ global:
 	kmod_set_userdata;
 	kmod_unref;
 	kmod_list_next;
+	kmod_list_prev;
 	kmod_loaded_new;
 	kmod_loaded_ref;
 	kmod_loaded_unref;