diff --git a/plugins/libplugin.c b/plugins/libplugin.c
index f589b2b7e..7653a40cd 100644
--- a/plugins/libplugin.c
+++ b/plugins/libplugin.c
@@ -797,6 +797,25 @@ char *u64_option(const char *arg, u64 *i)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+char *u32_option(const char *arg, u32 *i)
+{
+	char *endp;
+	u64 n;
+
+	errno = 0;
+	n = strtoul(arg, &endp, 0);
+	if (*endp || !arg[0])
+		return tal_fmt(NULL, "'%s' is not a number", arg);
+	if (errno)
+		return tal_fmt(NULL, "'%s' is out of range", arg);
+
+	*i = n;
+	if (*i != n)
+		return tal_fmt(NULL, "'%s' is too large (overflow)", arg);
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 char *charp_option(const char *arg, char **p)
 {
 	*p = tal_strdup(NULL, arg);
diff --git a/plugins/libplugin.h b/plugins/libplugin.h
index 1d6bdb3b5..18da74066 100644
--- a/plugins/libplugin.h
+++ b/plugins/libplugin.h
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ void plugin_log(struct plugin *p, enum log_level l, const char *fmt, ...) PRINTF
 
 /* Standard helpers */
 char *u64_option(const char *arg, u64 *i);
+char *u32_option(const char *arg, u32 *i);
 char *charp_option(const char *arg, char **p);
 
 /* The main plugin runner: append with 0 or more plugin_option(), then NULL. */