diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1cfc2d76f..41880a244 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ This project uses the changelog in accordance with [keepchangelog](http://keepac
 
 ## [unreleased][unreleased]
  - Fix - move des functions to libcrypto (@merlokk)
+ - Added `CLIGetOptionList` to cliparser that makes it easier to implement text options in the cli (@merlokk) 
  - Added experimental support for macOS users utilizing MacPorts instead of Homebrew (@linuxgemini)
  - Added `pm3_online_check.py` - a script to verify and initialize a Proxmark3 RDV4 device (@iceman1001)
 
diff --git a/client/deps/cliparser/cliparser.c b/client/deps/cliparser/cliparser.c
index ec9f50e20..ad89856cd 100644
--- a/client/deps/cliparser/cliparser.c
+++ b/client/deps/cliparser/cliparser.c
@@ -298,6 +298,64 @@ int CLIParamStrToBuf(struct arg_str *argstr, uint8_t *data, int maxdatalen, int
     return 0;
 }
 
+int CLIGetOptionList(struct arg_str *argstr, const CLIParserOption *option_array, int *value) {
+    char data[200] = {0};
+    int datalen = 0;
+    int res = CLIParamStrToBuf(argstr, (uint8_t *)data, sizeof(data), &datalen);
+    if (res)
+        return res;
+    
+    // no data to check - we do not touch *value, just return
+    if (datalen == 0)
+        return 0;
+    
+    str_lower(data);
+    
+    int val = -1;
+    int cntr = 0;
+    for (int i = 0; i < CLI_MAX_OPTLIST_LEN; i++) {
+        // end of array
+        if (option_array[i].text == NULL)
+            break;
+        // exact match
+        if (strcmp(option_array[i].text, data) == 0) {
+            *value = option_array[i].code;
+            return 0;
+        }
+        // partial match
+        if (strncmp(option_array[i].text, data, datalen) == 0) {
+            val = option_array[i].code;
+            cntr++;
+        }
+    }
+    
+    // check partial match
+    if (cntr == 0) {
+        PrintAndLogEx(ERR, "Parameter error: No similar option to `%s`. Valid options: %s\n", argstr->sval[0], argstr->hdr.datatype);
+        return 20;
+    }
+    if (cntr > 1) {
+        PrintAndLogEx(ERR, "Parameter error: Several options fit to `%s`. Valid options: %s\n", argstr->sval[0], argstr->hdr.datatype);
+        return 21;
+    }
+    
+    *value = val;    
+    return 0;    
+}
+
+const char *CLIGetOptionListStr(const CLIParserOption *option_array, int value) {
+    static const char *errmsg = "n/a";
+    
+    for (int i = 0; i < CLI_MAX_OPTLIST_LEN; i++) {
+        if (option_array[i].text == NULL)
+            break;
+        if (option_array[i].code == value)
+            return option_array[i].text;
+    }
+    return errmsg;
+}
+
+
 // hexstr ->  u64,  w optional len input and default value fallback.
 // 0 = failed
 // 1 = OK
diff --git a/client/deps/cliparser/cliparser.h b/client/deps/cliparser/cliparser.h
index 39a5792f8..f50fec2ee 100644
--- a/client/deps/cliparser/cliparser.h
+++ b/client/deps/cliparser/cliparser.h
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@
 
 #define CLIGetStrWithReturn(ctx, paramnum, data, datalen) if (CLIParamStrToBuf(arg_get_str((ctx), (paramnum)), (data), (*datalen), (datalen))) {CLIParserFree((ctx)); return PM3_ESOFT;}
 
+#define CLIGetOptionListWithReturn(ctx, paramnum, option_array, option_array_len, value) if (CLIGetOptionList(arg_get_str((ctx), (paramnum)), (option_array), (option_array_len), (value))) {CLIParserFree((ctx)); return PM3_ESOFT;}
+
 typedef struct {
     void **argtable;
     size_t argtableLen;
@@ -59,6 +61,14 @@ typedef struct {
     const char *programHelp;
     char buf[1024 + 60];
 } CLIParserContext;
+
+#define CLI_MAX_OPTLIST_LEN    50
+// option list needs to have NULL at the last record int the field `text`
+typedef struct {
+    int code;
+    const char *text;
+} CLIParserOption;
+
 int CLIParserInit(CLIParserContext **ctx, const char *vprogramName, const char *vprogramHint, const char *vprogramHelp);
 void CLIParserPrintHelp(CLIParserContext *ctx);
 int CLIParserParseString(CLIParserContext *ctx, const char *str, void *vargtable[], size_t vargtableLen, bool allowEmptyExec);
@@ -69,6 +79,10 @@ int CLIParamHexToBuf(struct arg_str *argstr, uint8_t *data, int maxdatalen, int
 int CLIParamStrToBuf(struct arg_str *argstr, uint8_t *data, int maxdatalen, int *datalen);
 int CLIParamBinToBuf(struct arg_str *argstr, uint8_t *data, int maxdatalen, int *datalen);
 
+// names in the CLIParserOption array must be in the lowercase format
+int CLIGetOptionList(struct arg_str *argstr, const CLIParserOption *option_array, int *value);
+const char *CLIGetOptionListStr(const CLIParserOption *option_array, int value);
+
 uint64_t arg_get_u64_hexstr_def(CLIParserContext *ctx, uint8_t paramnum, uint64_t def);
 int arg_get_u64_hexstr_def_nlen(CLIParserContext *ctx, uint8_t paramnum, uint64_t def, uint64_t *out, uint8_t nlen, bool optional);
 int arg_get_u32_hexstr_def(CLIParserContext *ctx, uint8_t paramnum, uint32_t def, uint32_t *out);