diff --git a/utils/reflect.go b/utils/reflect.go
index 3f2bba7fd..a54afcabc 100644
--- a/utils/reflect.go
+++ b/utils/reflect.go
@@ -104,3 +104,20 @@ func ReflectFieldAsString(intf interface{}, fldName, extraFieldsLabel string) (s
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("Cannot convert to string field type: %s", field.Kind().String())
 	}
 }
+
+// AsMapStringIface converts an item (mostly struct) as map[string]interface{}
+func AsMapStringIface(item interface{}) (map[string]interface{}, error) {
+	out := make(map[string]interface{})
+	v := reflect.ValueOf(item)
+	if v.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
+		v = v.Elem()
+	}
+	if v.Kind() != reflect.Struct { // Only structs for now
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("AsMapStringIface only accepts structs; got %T", v)
+	}
+	typ := v.Type()
+	for i := 0; i < v.NumField(); i++ {
+		out[typ.Field(i).Name] = v.Field(i).Interface()
+	}
+	return out, nil
+}
diff --git a/utils/reflect_test.go b/utils/reflect_test.go
index 12061b269..39785019d 100644
--- a/utils/reflect_test.go
+++ b/utils/reflect_test.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
 package utils
 
 import (
+	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 )
 
@@ -116,3 +117,25 @@ func TestReflectFieldAsStringOnMap(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error("Received: %s", strVal)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestReflectAsMapStringIface(t *testing.T) {
+	mystruct := struct {
+		Title       string
+		Count       int
+		Count64     int64
+		Val         float64
+		ExtraFields map[string]interface{}
+	}{"Title1", 5, 6, 7.3, map[string]interface{}{"a": "Title2", "b": 15, "c": int64(16), "d": 17.3}}
+	expectOutMp := map[string]interface{}{
+		"Title":       "Title1",
+		"Count":       5,
+		"Count64":     int64(6),
+		"Val":         7.3,
+		"ExtraFields": map[string]interface{}{"a": "Title2", "b": 15, "c": int64(16), "d": 17.3},
+	}
+	if outMp, err := AsMapStringIface(mystruct); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	} else if !reflect.DeepEqual(expectOutMp, outMp) {
+		t.Errorf("Expecting: %+v, received: %+v", expectOutMp, outMp)
+	}
+}