diff --git a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/bool2str.rb b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/bool2str.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a97d356ab
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+++ b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/bool2str.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#
+# bool2str.rb
+#
+
+module Puppet::Parser::Functions
+  newfunction(:bool2str, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-EOS
+    Converts a boolean to a string.
+    Requires a single boolean or string as an input.
+    EOS
+  ) do |arguments|
+
+    raise(Puppet::ParseError, "bool2str(): Wrong number of arguments " +
+      "given (#{arguments.size} for 1)") if arguments.size < 1
+
+    value = arguments[0]
+    klass = value.class
+
+    # We can have either true or false, or string which resembles boolean ...
+    unless [FalseClass, TrueClass, String].include?(klass)
+      raise(Puppet::ParseError, 'bool2str(): Requires either ' +
+        'boolean or string to work with')
+    end
+
+    result = value.is_a?(String) ? value : value.to_s
+
+    return result
+  end
+end
+
+# vim: set ts=2 sw=2 et :
diff --git a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/camelcase.rb b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/camelcase.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d7f43f7a7
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+++ b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/camelcase.rb
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+#
+#  camelcase.rb
+#
+
+module Puppet::Parser::Functions
+  newfunction(:camelcase, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-EOS
+Converts the case of a string or all strings in an array to camel case.
+    EOS
+  ) do |arguments|
+
+    raise(Puppet::ParseError, "camelcase(): Wrong number of arguments " +
+      "given (#{arguments.size} for 1)") if arguments.size < 1
+
+    value = arguments[0]
+    klass = value.class
+
+    unless [Array, String].include?(klass)
+      raise(Puppet::ParseError, 'camelcase(): Requires either ' +
+        'array or string to work with')
+    end
+
+    if value.is_a?(Array)
+      # Numbers in Puppet are often string-encoded which is troublesome ...
+      result = value.collect { |i| i.is_a?(String) ? i.split('_').map{|e| e.capitalize}.join : i }
+    else
+      result = value.split('_').map{|e| e.capitalize}.join
+    end
+
+    return result
+  end
+end
+
+# vim: set ts=2 sw=2 et :