diff --git a/src/pulsecore/modargs.c b/src/pulsecore/modargs.c
index a707f6c8de3741de79806df33b5aa5482214f083..cda2bbc847502ca7bec63e881f458d1871f92d4c 100644
--- a/src/pulsecore/modargs.c
+++ b/src/pulsecore/modargs.c
@@ -342,6 +342,22 @@ int pa_modargs_get_value_s32(pa_modargs *ma, const char *key, int32_t *value) {
     return 0;
 }
 
+int pa_modargs_get_value_u64(pa_modargs *ma, const char *key, uint64_t *value) {
+    const char *v;
+
+    pa_assert(value);
+
+    if (!(v = pa_modargs_get_value(ma, key, NULL))) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    if (pa_atou64(v, value) < 0) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
 int pa_modargs_get_value_boolean(pa_modargs *ma, const char *key, bool *value) {
     const char *v;
     int r;
diff --git a/src/pulsecore/modargs.h b/src/pulsecore/modargs.h
index abb16747de10032ac654289c9841b4cbb4c1bc50..416f346b9cd4d868b80d99fb53db305ecc900c77 100644
--- a/src/pulsecore/modargs.h
+++ b/src/pulsecore/modargs.h
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ const char *pa_modargs_get_value(pa_modargs *ma, const char *key, const char *de
  * was not specified, *value remains unchanged. */
 int pa_modargs_get_value_u32(pa_modargs *ma, const char *key, uint32_t *value);
 int pa_modargs_get_value_s32(pa_modargs *ma, const char *key, int32_t *value);
+int pa_modargs_get_value_u64(pa_modargs *ma, const char *key, uint64_t *value);
 int pa_modargs_get_value_boolean(pa_modargs *ma, const char *key, bool *value);
 
 /* Return a module argument as double value in *value. If the argument was not