diff --git a/emacs/guix-utils.el b/emacs/guix-utils.el
index 3157f6359b..fb1ca60654 100644
--- a/emacs/guix-utils.el
+++ b/emacs/guix-utils.el
@@ -215,6 +215,14 @@ accessed with KEYS."
      (while (re-search-forward ,regexp nil t)
        ,@body)))
 
+(defun guix-any (pred lst)
+  "Test whether any element from LST satisfies PRED.
+If so, return the return value from the successful PRED call.
+Return nil otherwise."
+  (when lst
+    (or (funcall pred (car lst))
+        (guix-any pred (cdr lst)))))
+
 
 ;;; Diff