diff --git a/Pmodules/libstd.bash b/Pmodules/libstd.bash
index de49769..b39cced 100644
--- a/Pmodules/libstd.bash
+++ b/Pmodules/libstd.bash
@@ -352,6 +352,29 @@ std::get_type() {
 	esac
 }
 
+std::parse_yaml() {
+	#
+	# parse a YAML file
+	# See: https://gist.github.com/pkuczynski/8665367
+	#
+	local -r fname="$1"
+	local -r prefix="$2"
+	local s='[[:space:]]*' w='[a-zA-Z0-9_]*' fs=$(echo @|tr @ '\034')
+	sed -ne "s|^\($s\)\($w\)$s:$s\"\(.*\)\"$s\$|\1$fs\2$fs\3|p" \
+            -e "s|^\($s\)\($w\)$s:$s\(.*\)$s\$|\1$fs\2$fs\3|p" "${fname}" |
+		awk -F$fs '{
+		      indent = length($1)/2;	
+		      vname[indent] = $2;	
+		      for (i in vname) {
+                          if (i > indent) {delete vname[i]}
+                      }
+		      if (length($3) > 0) {
+		          vn="";
+                          for (i=0; i<indent; i++) {vn=(vn)(vname[i])("_")}
+		          printf("%s%s%s=\"%s\"\n", "'$prefix'",vn, $2, $3);
+	              }
+                }'
+}
 # Local Variables:
 # mode: sh
 # sh-basic-offset: 8