diff --git a/stringutils/strslice.go b/stringutils/strslice.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4055754
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stringutils/strslice.go
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+package stringutils
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// StrSlice representes a string or an array of strings.
+// We need to override the json decoder to accept both options.
+type StrSlice struct {
+	parts []string
+}
+
+// MarshalJSON Marshals (or serializes) the StrSlice into the json format.
+// This method is needed to implement json.Marshaller.
+func (e *StrSlice) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	if e == nil {
+		return []byte{}, nil
+	}
+	return json.Marshal(e.Slice())
+}
+
+// UnmarshalJSON decodes the byte slice whether it's a string or an array of strings.
+// This method is needed to implement json.Unmarshaler.
+func (e *StrSlice) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
+	if len(b) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	p := make([]string, 0, 1)
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(b, &p); err != nil {
+		var s string
+		if err := json.Unmarshal(b, &s); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		p = append(p, s)
+	}
+
+	e.parts = p
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Len returns the number of parts of the StrSlice.
+func (e *StrSlice) Len() int {
+	if e == nil {
+		return 0
+	}
+	return len(e.parts)
+}
+
+// Slice gets the parts of the StrSlice as a Slice of string.
+func (e *StrSlice) Slice() []string {
+	if e == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return e.parts
+}
+
+// ToString gets space separated string of all the parts.
+func (e *StrSlice) ToString() string {
+	s := e.Slice()
+	if s == nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return strings.Join(s, " ")
+}
+
+// NewStrSlice creates an StrSlice based on the specified parts (as strings).
+func NewStrSlice(parts ...string) *StrSlice {
+	return &StrSlice{parts}
+}
diff --git a/stringutils/strslice_test.go b/stringutils/strslice_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d0e6b1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stringutils/strslice_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+package stringutils
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestStrSliceMarshalJSON(t *testing.T) {
+	strss := map[*StrSlice]string{
+		nil:         "",
+		&StrSlice{}: "null",
+		&StrSlice{[]string{"/bin/sh", "-c", "echo"}}: `["/bin/sh","-c","echo"]`,
+	}
+
+	for strs, expected := range strss {
+		data, err := strs.MarshalJSON()
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		if string(data) != expected {
+			t.Fatalf("Expected %v, got %v", expected, string(data))
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestStrSliceUnmarshalJSON(t *testing.T) {
+	parts := map[string][]string{
+		"":   {"default", "values"},
+		"[]": {},
+		`["/bin/sh","-c","echo"]`: {"/bin/sh", "-c", "echo"},
+	}
+	for json, expectedParts := range parts {
+		strs := &StrSlice{
+			[]string{"default", "values"},
+		}
+		if err := strs.UnmarshalJSON([]byte(json)); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		actualParts := strs.Slice()
+		if len(actualParts) != len(expectedParts) {
+			t.Fatalf("Expected %v parts, got %v (%v)", len(expectedParts), len(actualParts), expectedParts)
+		}
+		for index, part := range actualParts {
+			if part != expectedParts[index] {
+				t.Fatalf("Expected %v, got %v", expectedParts, actualParts)
+				break
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestStrSliceUnmarshalString(t *testing.T) {
+	var e *StrSlice
+	echo, err := json.Marshal("echo")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(echo, &e); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	slice := e.Slice()
+	if len(slice) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 1 element after unmarshal: %q", slice)
+	}
+
+	if slice[0] != "echo" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected `echo`, got: %q", slice[0])
+	}
+}
+
+func TestStrSliceUnmarshalSlice(t *testing.T) {
+	var e *StrSlice
+	echo, err := json.Marshal([]string{"echo"})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(echo, &e); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	slice := e.Slice()
+	if len(slice) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 1 element after unmarshal: %q", slice)
+	}
+
+	if slice[0] != "echo" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected `echo`, got: %q", slice[0])
+	}
+}
+
+func TestStrSliceToString(t *testing.T) {
+	slices := map[*StrSlice]string{
+		NewStrSlice(""):           "",
+		NewStrSlice("one"):        "one",
+		NewStrSlice("one", "two"): "one two",
+	}
+	for s, expected := range slices {
+		toString := s.ToString()
+		if toString != expected {
+			t.Fatalf("Expected %v, got %v", expected, toString)
+		}
+	}
+}