diff --git a/config/functions b/config/functions
index 82bb424673..1bc1991d86 100644
--- a/config/functions
+++ b/config/functions
@@ -804,6 +804,20 @@ get_pkg_version() {
   get_pkg_variable "$1" PKG_VERSION
 }
 
+get_pkg_version_maj_min() {
+  local pkg_version
+
+  [ -n "${1}" ] && pkg_version="$(get_pkg_version "${1}")" || pkg_version="${PKG_VERSION}"
+
+  if [[ ${pkg_version} =~ ^[0-9A-Za-z]*\.[0-9A-Za-z]*\.[0-9A-za-z]*$ ]]; then
+    echo "${pkg_version%.*}"
+  elif [[ ${pkg_version} =~ ^[0-9A-Za-z]*\.[0-9A-Za-z]*$ ]]; then
+    echo "${pkg_version}"
+  else
+    echo "${pkg_version}"
+  fi
+}
+
 get_pkg_directory() {
   local _PKG_ROOT_NAME=${1%:*} _ALL_DIRS _FOUND=0 _ANCHOR="@?+?@" _PKG_DIR _DIR