diff --git a/guix/utils.scm b/guix/utils.scm
index e4e9d922e7..94b4d753d0 100644
--- a/guix/utils.scm
+++ b/guix/utils.scm
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2023 Janneke Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2023 Zheng Junjie <873216071@qq.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2023 Foundation Devices, Inc. <hello@foundationdevices.com>
+;;; Copyright © 2024 Herman Rimm <herman@rimm.ee>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@
 
 (define-module (guix utils)
   #:use-module (guix config)
+  #:autoload   (guix read-print) (object->string*)
   #:use-module (srfi srfi-1)
   #:use-module (srfi srfi-11)
   #:use-module (srfi srfi-26)
@@ -145,6 +147,7 @@ (define-module (guix utils)
             go-to-location
             edit-expression
             delete-expression
+            insert-expression
 
             filtered-port
             decompressed-port
@@ -502,6 +505,14 @@ (define (delete-expression source-properties)
   "Delete the expression specified by SOURCE-PROPERTIES."
   (edit-expression source-properties (const "") #:include-trailing-newline? #t))
 
+(define (insert-expression source-properties expr)
+  "Insert EXPR before the top-level expression specified by
+SOURCE-PROPERTIES."
+  (let* ((expr (object->string* expr 0))
+         (insert (lambda (str)
+                   (string-append expr "\n\n" str))))
+    (edit-expression source-properties insert)))
+
 
 ;;;
 ;;; Keyword arguments.
diff --git a/tests/utils.scm b/tests/utils.scm
index 5664165c85..cd54112846 100644
--- a/tests/utils.scm
+++ b/tests/utils.scm
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2021 Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2021 Maxime Devos <maximedevos@telenet.be>
 ;;; Copyright © 2023 Foundation Devices, Inc. <hello@foundationdevices.com>
+;;; Copyright © 2024 Herman Rimm <herman@rimm.ee>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -274,6 +275,19 @@ (define (test-compression/decompression method run?)
                      string-reverse)
     (call-with-input-file temp-file get-string-all)))
 
+(test-equal "insert-expression"
+  "(define-public package-1\n  'package)\n
+(define-public package-2\n  'package)\n"
+  (begin
+    (call-with-output-file temp-file
+      (lambda (port)
+        (display "(define-public package-2\n  'package)\n" port)))
+    (insert-expression `((filename . ,temp-file)
+                         (line     . 0)
+                         (column   . 0))
+                       `(define-public package-1 'package))
+    (call-with-input-file temp-file get-string-all)))
+
 (test-equal "string-distance"
   '(0 1 1 5 5)
   (list