1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/config/configProvider.go b/config/configProvider.go
index 335294d73..a7dc18960 100644
--- a/config/configProvider.go
+++ b/config/configProvider.go
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ package config
 import (
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/spf13/cast"
+
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 )
 
@@ -40,5 +42,16 @@ func FromConfigString(config, configType string) (Provider, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	return v, nil
+}
 
+// GetStringSlicePreserveString returns a string slice from the given config and key.
+// It differs from the GetStringSlice method in that if the config value is a string,
+// we do not attempt to split it into fields.
+func GetStringSlicePreserveString(cfg Provider, key string) []string {
+	sd := cfg.Get(key)
+	if sds, ok := sd.(string); ok {
+		return []string{sds}
+	} else {
+		return cast.ToStringSlice(sd)
+	}
 }