diff --git a/libpkgconf/fragment.c b/libpkgconf/fragment.c
index 0c2533d..6b7e6d4 100644
--- a/libpkgconf/fragment.c
+++ b/libpkgconf/fragment.c
@@ -247,6 +247,64 @@ pkgconf_fragment_filter(const pkgconf_client_t *client, pkgconf_list_t *dest, pk
 	}
 }
 
+size_t
+pkgconf_fragment_render_len(const pkgconf_list_t *list)
+{
+	size_t out = 0;
+	pkgconf_node_t *node;
+
+	PKGCONF_FOREACH_LIST_ENTRY(list->head, node)
+	{
+		const pkgconf_fragment_t *frag = node->data;
+
+		out += 2;
+		if (frag->type)
+			out += 1;
+		if (frag->data != NULL)
+			out += strlen(frag->data);
+	}
+
+	return out;
+}
+
+void
+pkgconf_fragment_render_buf(const pkgconf_list_t *list, char *buf, size_t buflen)
+{
+	pkgconf_node_t *node;
+	char *bptr = buf;
+
+	memset(buf, 0, buflen);
+
+	PKGCONF_FOREACH_LIST_ENTRY(list->head, node)
+	{
+		const pkgconf_fragment_t *frag = node->data;
+
+		if (frag->type)
+		{
+			*bptr++ = '-';
+			*bptr++ = frag->type;
+		}
+
+		if (frag->data)
+			bptr += strlcpy(bptr, frag->data, buflen - (bptr - buf));
+
+		*bptr++ = ' ';
+	}
+
+	*bptr = '\0';
+}
+
+char *
+pkgconf_fragment_render(const pkgconf_list_t *list)
+{
+	size_t buflen = pkgconf_fragment_render_len(list);
+	char *buf = calloc(1, buflen);
+
+	pkgconf_fragment_render_buf(list, buf, buflen);
+
+	return buf;
+}
+
 void
 pkgconf_fragment_delete(pkgconf_list_t *list, pkgconf_fragment_t *node)
 {
diff --git a/libpkgconf/libpkgconf.h b/libpkgconf/libpkgconf.h
index beaa77a..e29eb12 100644
--- a/libpkgconf/libpkgconf.h
+++ b/libpkgconf/libpkgconf.h
@@ -234,6 +234,9 @@ void pkgconf_fragment_copy(pkgconf_list_t *list, const pkgconf_fragment_t *base,
 void pkgconf_fragment_delete(pkgconf_list_t *list, pkgconf_fragment_t *node);
 void pkgconf_fragment_free(pkgconf_list_t *list);
 void pkgconf_fragment_filter(const pkgconf_client_t *client, pkgconf_list_t *dest, pkgconf_list_t *src, pkgconf_fragment_filter_func_t filter_func, unsigned int flags);
+size_t pkgconf_fragment_render_len(const pkgconf_list_t *list);
+void pkgconf_fragment_render_buf(const pkgconf_list_t *list, char *buf, size_t len);
+char *pkgconf_fragment_render(const pkgconf_list_t *list);
 
 /* fileio.c */
 char *pkgconf_fgetline(char *line, size_t size, FILE *stream);
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 0192c45..d4f7ff3 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -98,24 +98,6 @@ fragment_has_system_dir(const pkgconf_fragment_t *frag)
 	return pkgconf_path_match_list(frag->data, check_paths);
 }
 
-static void
-print_fragment(pkgconf_fragment_t *frag)
-{
-	if (frag->type)
-		printf("-%c%s ", frag->type, frag->data);
-	else
-		printf("%s ", frag->data);
-}
-
-static void
-print_fragment_list(pkgconf_list_t *list)
-{
-	pkgconf_node_t *node;
-
-	PKGCONF_FOREACH_LIST_ENTRY(list->head, node)
-		print_fragment(node->data);
-}
-
 static bool
 print_list_entry(const pkgconf_pkg_t *entry, void *data)
 {
@@ -395,6 +377,7 @@ apply_cflags(pkgconf_client_t *client, pkgconf_pkg_t *world, void *unused, int m
 	pkgconf_list_t unfiltered_list = PKGCONF_LIST_INITIALIZER;
 	pkgconf_list_t filtered_list = PKGCONF_LIST_INITIALIZER;
 	int eflag;
+	char *render_buf;
 	(void) unused;
 
 	eflag = pkgconf_pkg_cflags(client, world, &unfiltered_list, maxdepth, flags | PKGCONF_PKG_PKGF_SEARCH_PRIVATE);
@@ -406,7 +389,9 @@ apply_cflags(pkgconf_client_t *client, pkgconf_pkg_t *world, void *unused, int m
 	if (filtered_list.head == NULL)
 		return true;
 
-	print_fragment_list(&filtered_list);
+	render_buf = pkgconf_fragment_render(&filtered_list);
+	printf("%s", render_buf);
+	free(render_buf);
 
 	pkgconf_fragment_free(&unfiltered_list);
 	pkgconf_fragment_free(&filtered_list);
@@ -420,6 +405,7 @@ apply_libs(pkgconf_client_t *client, pkgconf_pkg_t *world, void *unused, int max
 	pkgconf_list_t unfiltered_list = PKGCONF_LIST_INITIALIZER;
 	pkgconf_list_t filtered_list = PKGCONF_LIST_INITIALIZER;
 	int eflag;
+	char *render_buf;
 	(void) unused;
 
 	eflag = pkgconf_pkg_libs(client, world, &unfiltered_list, maxdepth, flags);
@@ -431,7 +417,9 @@ apply_libs(pkgconf_client_t *client, pkgconf_pkg_t *world, void *unused, int max
 	if (filtered_list.head == NULL)
 		return true;
 
-	print_fragment_list(&filtered_list);
+	render_buf = pkgconf_fragment_render(&filtered_list);
+	printf("%s", render_buf);
+	free(render_buf);
 
 	pkgconf_fragment_free(&unfiltered_list);
 	pkgconf_fragment_free(&filtered_list);