diff --git a/lang/funcs/simple/simple.go b/lang/funcs/simple/simple.go
index 42348dbd..5d84ccdb 100644
--- a/lang/funcs/simple/simple.go
+++ b/lang/funcs/simple/simple.go
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ package simple
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"reflect"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/purpleidea/mgmt/lang/funcs"
 	"github.com/purpleidea/mgmt/lang/interfaces"
@@ -196,3 +198,67 @@ func (obj *WrappedFunc) Stream(ctx context.Context) error {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+// StructRegister takes an CLI args struct with optional struct tags, and
+// generates simple functions from the contained fields in the specified
+// namespace. If no struct field named `func` is included, then a default
+// function name which is the lower case representation of the field name will
+// be used, otherwise the struct tag contents are used. If the struct tag
+// contains the `-` character, then the field will be skipped.
+// TODO: An alternative version of this might choose to return all of the values
+// as a single giant struct.
+func StructRegister(moduleName string, args interface{}) error {
+	if args == nil {
+		// programming error
+		return fmt.Errorf("could not convert/access our struct")
+	}
+	//fmt.Printf("A: %+v\n", args)
+
+	val := reflect.ValueOf(args)
+	if val.Kind() == reflect.Ptr { // max one de-referencing
+		val = val.Elem()
+	}
+	typ := val.Type()
+
+	for i := 0; i < typ.NumField(); i++ {
+		v := val.Field(i) // value of the field
+		t := typ.Field(i) // struct type, get real type with .Type
+
+		name := strings.ToLower(t.Name) // default
+		if alias, ok := t.Tag.Lookup("func"); ok {
+			if alias == "-" { // skip
+				continue
+			}
+			name = alias
+		}
+		//fmt.Printf("N: %+v\n", name) // debug
+		if len(strings.Trim(name, "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz_")) > 0 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("struct field index(%d) has invalid char(s) in function name", i)
+		}
+
+		typed, err := types.TypeOf(t.Type) // reflect.Type -> (*types.Type, error)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		//fmt.Printf("T: %+v\n", typed.String()) // debug
+
+		ModuleRegister(moduleName, name, &types.FuncValue{
+			T: types.NewType(fmt.Sprintf("func() %s", typed.String())),
+			V: func(input []types.Value) (types.Value, error) {
+				//if args == nil {
+				//	// programming error
+				//	return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not convert/access our struct")
+				//}
+
+				value, err := types.ValueOf(v) // reflect.Value -> (types.Value, error)
+				if err != nil {
+					return nil, errwrap.Wrapf(err, "func `%s.%s()` has nil value", moduleName, name)
+				}
+				//fmt.Printf("V: %+v\n", value) // debug
+				return value, nil
+			},
+		})
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}