diff --git a/src/index.c b/src/index.c
index 90fae76..6e6f1e1 100644
--- a/src/index.c
+++ b/src/index.c
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ Index_traverse(Index *self, visitproc visit, void *arg)
     return 0;
 }
 
-
 PyDoc_STRVAR(Index_add__doc__,
   "add([path|entry])\n"
   "\n"
@@ -114,6 +113,31 @@ Index_add(Index *self, PyObject *args)
 }
 
 
+PyDoc_STRVAR(Index_add_all__doc__,
+  "add_all([file names|glob pattern])\n"
+  "\n"
+  "Add or update index entries matching files in the working directory.");
+
+PyObject *
+Index_add_all(Index *self, PyObject *pylist)
+{
+    int err;
+    git_strarray pathspec;
+
+    if (get_strarraygit_from_pylist(&pathspec, pylist) < 0)
+        return -1;
+
+    err = git_index_add_all(self->index, &pathspec, 0, NULL, NULL);
+    git_strarray_free(&pathspec);
+
+    if (err < 0) {
+        Error_set(err);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
 PyDoc_STRVAR(Index_clear__doc__,
   "clear()\n"
   "\n"
diff --git a/src/index.h b/src/index.h
index cd570aa..44c150d 100644
--- a/src/index.h
+++ b/src/index.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include <git2.h>
 
 PyObject* Index_add(Index *self, PyObject *args);
+PyObject* Index_add_all(Index *self, PyObject *pylist);
 PyObject* Index_clear(Index *self);
 PyObject* Index_find(Index *self, PyObject *py_path);
 PyObject* Index_read(Index *self, PyObject *args);
diff --git a/src/remote.c b/src/remote.c
index 39a593d..ead4b14 100644
--- a/src/remote.c
+++ b/src/remote.c
@@ -243,70 +243,6 @@ Remote_name__set__(Remote *self, PyObject* py_name)
     return -1;
 }
 
-
-PyObject *
-get_pylist_from_git_strarray(git_strarray *strarray)
-{
-    int index;
-    PyObject *new_list;
-
-    new_list = PyList_New(strarray->count);
-    if (new_list == NULL)
-        return NULL;
-
-    for (index = 0; index < strarray->count; index++)
-        PyList_SET_ITEM(new_list, index,
-                        to_unicode(strarray->strings[index], NULL, NULL));
-
-    return new_list;
-}
-
-int
-get_strarraygit_from_pylist(git_strarray *array, PyObject *pylist)
-{
-    Py_ssize_t index, n;
-    PyObject *item;
-    void *ptr;
-    char *str;
-
-    if (!PyList_Check(pylist)) {
-        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "Value must be a list");
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    n = PyList_Size(pylist);
-
-    /* allocate new git_strarray */
-    ptr = calloc(n, sizeof(char *));
-    if (!ptr) {
-        PyErr_SetNone(PyExc_MemoryError);
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    array->strings = ptr;
-    array->count = n;
-
-    for (index = 0; index < n; index++) {
-        item = PyList_GetItem(pylist, index);
-        str = py_str_to_c_str(item, NULL);
-        if (!str)
-            goto on_error;
-
-        array->strings[index] = str;
-    }
-
-    return 0;
-
-on_error:
-    n = index;
-    for (index = 0; index < n; index++) {
-        free(array->strings[index]);
-    }
-    free(array->strings);
-
-    return -1;
-}
-
 PyDoc_STRVAR(Remote_fetch_refspecs__doc__, "Fetch refspecs");
 
 PyObject *
diff --git a/src/utils.c b/src/utils.c
index e63ea9d..44acf5c 100644
--- a/src/utils.c
+++ b/src/utils.c
@@ -83,3 +83,73 @@ py_str_borrow_c_str(PyObject **tvalue, PyObject *value, const char *encoding)
                  Py_TYPE(value)->tp_name);
     return NULL;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Converts the (struct) git_strarray to a Python list
+ */
+PyObject *
+get_pylist_from_git_strarray(git_strarray *strarray)
+{
+    int index;
+    PyObject *new_list;
+
+    new_list = PyList_New(strarray->count);
+    if (new_list == NULL)
+        return NULL;
+
+    for (index = 0; index < strarray->count; index++)
+        PyList_SET_ITEM(new_list, index,
+                        to_unicode(strarray->strings[index], NULL, NULL));
+
+    return new_list;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Converts the Python list to struct git_strarray
+ * returns -1 if conversion failed
+ */
+int
+get_strarraygit_from_pylist(git_strarray *array, PyObject *pylist)
+{
+    Py_ssize_t index, n;
+    PyObject *item;
+    void *ptr;
+    char *str;
+
+    if (!PyList_Check(pylist)) {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "Value must be a list");
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    n = PyList_Size(pylist);
+
+    /* allocate new git_strarray */
+    ptr = calloc(n, sizeof(char *));
+    if (!ptr) {
+        PyErr_SetNone(PyExc_MemoryError);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    array->strings = ptr;
+    array->count = n;
+
+    for (index = 0; index < n; index++) {
+        item = PyList_GetItem(pylist, index);
+        str = py_str_to_c_str(item, NULL);
+        if (!str)
+            goto on_error;
+
+        array->strings[index] = str;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+
+on_error:
+    n = index;
+    for (index = 0; index < n; index++) {
+        free(array->strings[index]);
+    }
+    free(array->strings);
+
+    return -1;
+}
diff --git a/src/utils.h b/src/utils.h
index 60575b1..81744f6 100644
--- a/src/utils.h
+++ b/src/utils.h
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@ to_bytes(const char * value)
 char * py_str_to_c_str(PyObject *value, const char *encoding);
 const char *py_str_borrow_c_str(PyObject **tvaue, PyObject *value, const char *encoding);
 
+PyObject * get_pylist_from_git_strarray(git_strarray *strarray);
+int get_strarraygit_from_pylist(git_strarray *array, PyObject *pylist);
 
 #define py_path_to_c_str(py_path) \
         py_str_to_c_str(py_path, Py_FileSystemDefaultEncoding)