diff --git a/hook.c b/hook.c
index d67a114e62..1ad123422b 100644
--- a/hook.c
+++ b/hook.c
@@ -149,3 +149,17 @@ int run_hooks(const char *hook_name)
 
 	return run_hooks_opt(hook_name, &opt);
 }
+
+int run_hooks_l(const char *hook_name, ...)
+{
+	struct run_hooks_opt opt = RUN_HOOKS_OPT_INIT;
+	va_list ap;
+	const char *arg;
+
+	va_start(ap, hook_name);
+	while ((arg = va_arg(ap, const char *)))
+		strvec_push(&opt.args, arg);
+	va_end(ap);
+
+	return run_hooks_opt(hook_name, &opt);
+}
diff --git a/hook.h b/hook.h
index 9c35878995..5452839595 100644
--- a/hook.h
+++ b/hook.h
@@ -54,4 +54,14 @@ int run_hooks_opt(const char *hook_name, struct run_hooks_opt *options);
  * run_hooks_opt" initialized with "RUN_HOOKS_OPT_INIT".
  */
 int run_hooks(const char *hook_name);
+
+/**
+ * Like run_hooks(), a wrapper for run_hooks_opt().
+ *
+ * In addition to the wrapping behavior provided by run_hooks(), this
+ * wrapper takes a list of strings terminated by a NULL
+ * argument. These things will be used as positional arguments to the
+ * hook. This function behaves like the old run_hook_le() API.
+ */
+int run_hooks_l(const char *hook_name, ...);
 #endif