diff --git a/component.go b/component.go
index e6cc35a..e31fe5d 100644
--- a/component.go
+++ b/component.go
@@ -130,20 +130,3 @@ func newComponent(protocol Protocol, bvalue []byte) *Component {
 		offset:   offset,
 	}
 }
-
-// ForEach walks over the multiaddr, component by component.
-//
-// This function iterates over components *by value* to avoid allocating.
-func ForEach(m Multiaddr, cb func(c Component) bool) {
-	b := m.Bytes()
-	for len(b) > 0 {
-		n, c, err := readComponent(b)
-		if err != nil {
-			panic(err)
-		}
-		if !cb(c) {
-			return
-		}
-		b = b[n:]
-	}
-}
diff --git a/util.go b/util.go
index 7a2c414..f08788b 100644
--- a/util.go
+++ b/util.go
@@ -55,3 +55,100 @@ func StringCast(s string) Multiaddr {
 	}
 	return m
 }
+
+// SplitFirst returns the first component and the rest of the multiaddr.
+func SplitFirst(m Multiaddr) (*Component, Multiaddr) {
+	b := m.Bytes()
+	if len(b) == 0 {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	n, c, err := readComponent(b)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	if len(b) == n {
+		return &c, nil
+	}
+	return &c, multiaddr{b[n:]}
+}
+
+// SplitLast returns the rest of the multiaddr and the last component.
+func SplitLast(m Multiaddr) (Multiaddr, *Component) {
+	b := m.Bytes()
+	if len(b) == 0 {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
+	var (
+		c      Component
+		err    error
+		offset int
+	)
+	for {
+		var n int
+		n, c, err = readComponent(b[offset:])
+		if err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
+		if len(b) == n+offset {
+			// Reached end
+			if offset == 0 {
+				// Only one component
+				return nil, &c
+			}
+			return multiaddr{b[:offset]}, &c
+		}
+		offset += n
+	}
+}
+
+// SplitFunc splits the multiaddr when the callback first returns true. The
+// component on which the callback first returns will be included in the
+// *second* multiaddr.
+func SplitFunc(m Multiaddr, cb func(Component) bool) (Multiaddr, Multiaddr) {
+	b := m.Bytes()
+	if len(b) == 0 {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	var (
+		c      Component
+		err    error
+		offset int
+	)
+	for offset < len(b) {
+		var n int
+		n, c, err = readComponent(b[offset:])
+		if err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
+		if cb(c) {
+			break
+		}
+		offset += n
+	}
+	switch offset {
+	case 0:
+		return nil, m
+	case len(b):
+		return m, nil
+	default:
+		return multiaddr{b[:offset]}, multiaddr{b[offset:]}
+	}
+}
+
+// ForEach walks over the multiaddr, component by component.
+//
+// This function iterates over components *by value* to avoid allocating.
+func ForEach(m Multiaddr, cb func(c Component) bool) {
+	b := m.Bytes()
+	for len(b) > 0 {
+		n, c, err := readComponent(b)
+		if err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
+		if !cb(c) {
+			return
+		}
+		b = b[n:]
+	}
+}
diff --git a/util_test.go b/util_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3210ca1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+package multiaddr
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestSplitFirstLast(t *testing.T) {
+	ipStr := "/ip4/0.0.0.0"
+	tcpStr := "/tcp/123"
+	quicStr := "/quic"
+	ipfsStr := "/ipfs/QmPSQnBKM9g7BaUcZCvswUJVscQ1ipjmwxN5PXCjkp9EQ7"
+
+	for _, x := range [][]string{
+		[]string{ipStr, tcpStr, quicStr, ipfsStr},
+		[]string{ipStr, tcpStr, ipfsStr},
+		[]string{ipStr, tcpStr},
+		[]string{ipStr},
+		[]string{},
+	} {
+		addr := StringCast(strings.Join(x, ""))
+		head, tail := SplitFirst(addr)
+		rest, last := SplitLast(addr)
+		if len(x) == 0 {
+			if head != nil {
+				t.Error("expected head to be nil")
+			}
+			if tail != nil {
+				t.Error("expected tail to be nil")
+			}
+			if rest != nil {
+				t.Error("expected rest to be nil")
+			}
+			if last != nil {
+				t.Error("expected last to be nil")
+			}
+			continue
+		}
+		if !head.Equal(StringCast(x[0])) {
+			t.Errorf("expected %s to be %s", head, x[0])
+		}
+		if !last.Equal(StringCast(x[len(x)-1])) {
+			t.Errorf("expected %s to be %s", head, x[len(x)-1])
+		}
+		if len(x) == 1 {
+			if tail != nil {
+				t.Error("expected tail to be nil")
+			}
+			if rest != nil {
+				t.Error("expected rest to be nil")
+			}
+			continue
+		}
+		tailExp := strings.Join(x[1:], "")
+		if !tail.Equal(StringCast(tailExp)) {
+			t.Errorf("expected %s to be %s", tail, tailExp)
+		}
+		restExp := strings.Join(x[:len(x)-1], "")
+		if !rest.Equal(StringCast(restExp)) {
+			t.Errorf("expected %s to be %s", rest, restExp)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSplitFunc(t *testing.T) {
+	ipStr := "/ip4/0.0.0.0"
+	tcpStr := "/tcp/123"
+	quicStr := "/quic"
+	ipfsStr := "/ipfs/QmPSQnBKM9g7BaUcZCvswUJVscQ1ipjmwxN5PXCjkp9EQ7"
+
+	for _, x := range [][]string{
+		[]string{ipStr, tcpStr, quicStr, ipfsStr},
+		[]string{ipStr, tcpStr, ipfsStr},
+		[]string{ipStr, tcpStr},
+		[]string{ipStr},
+	} {
+		addr := StringCast(strings.Join(x, ""))
+		for i, cs := range x {
+			target := StringCast(cs)
+			a, b := SplitFunc(addr, func(c Component) bool {
+				return c.Equal(target)
+			})
+			if i == 0 {
+				if a != nil {
+					t.Error("expected nil addr")
+				}
+			} else {
+				if !a.Equal(StringCast(strings.Join(x[:i], ""))) {
+					t.Error("split failed")
+				}
+				if !b.Equal(StringCast(strings.Join(x[i:], ""))) {
+					t.Error("split failed")
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		a, b := SplitFunc(addr, func(_ Component) bool { return false })
+		if !a.Equal(addr) || b != nil {
+			t.Error("should not have split")
+		}
+	}
+}