diff --git a/src/util.c b/src/util.c
index d56f9c9..735e932 100644
--- a/src/util.c
+++ b/src/util.c
@@ -221,6 +221,98 @@ void wm_log_state(Wm *wm, const char *prefixstr, const char* logfile)
     wm_ptrarray_free(&ws_str);
 }
 
+TreeNode* wm_treenode_lmd(TreeNode *node)
+{
+    assert(node);
+
+    if (node->children.size == 0) return node;
+
+    return wm_treenode_lmd(node->children.nodes[0]);
+}
+
+PtrArray wm_treenode_all_lmds(TreeNode *node)
+{
+    assert(node);
+
+    PtrArray postorder = wm_postorder_traversal(node);
+    PtrArray ret = wm_ptrarray_new();
+
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < postorder.size; i++) {
+        TreeNode *lmd = wm_treenode_lmd(postorder.ptrs[i]);
+
+        wm_ptrarray_push(&ret, (void*)lmd);
+    }
+
+    wm_ptrarray_free(&postorder);
+    return ret;
+}
+
+PtrArray wm_postorder_traversal(TreeNode *tree)
+{
+    assert(tree);
+
+    TreeNode *root = tree;
+
+    typedef struct {
+        TreeNode *node;
+        size_t index;
+    } NodeWithIndex;
+
+    int root_index = 0;
+
+    PtrArray stack = wm_ptrarray_new();
+    PtrArray ret = wm_ptrarray_new();
+
+    while (root != NULL || stack.size > 0) {
+        if (root != NULL) {
+            NodeWithIndex *n = malloc(sizeof(NodeWithIndex));
+            n->node = root;
+            n->index = root_index;
+            wm_ptrarray_push(&stack, n);
+            root_index = 0;
+
+            if (root->children.size >= 1)
+                root = root->children.nodes[0];
+            else root = NULL;
+
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        NodeWithIndex *nptr;
+        wm_ptrarray_pop(&stack, (void**)&nptr);
+        NodeWithIndex n = *nptr;
+        free(nptr);
+        wm_ptrarray_push(&ret, n.node);
+
+        while (stack.size > 0 && n.index == ((NodeWithIndex**)stack.ptrs)
+               [stack.size-1]->node->children.size - 1) {
+            wm_ptrarray_pop(&stack, (void**)&nptr);
+            n = *nptr;
+            free(nptr);
+
+            wm_ptrarray_push(&ret, n.node);
+        }
+
+        if (stack.size > 0) {
+            root = ((NodeWithIndex**)stack.ptrs)[stack.size-1]->node
+                   ->children.nodes[n.index + 1];
+            root_index = n.index + 1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    wm_ptrarray_free(&stack);
+
+    return ret;
+}
+
+bool wm_is_treenode_keyroot(TreeNode *node)
+{
+    assert(node);
+    if (!node->parent) return true;
+
+    return wm_treenode_lmd(node) != wm_treenode_lmd(node->parent);
+}
+
 void wm_treenode_print(TreeNode *node)
 {
     char *str = wm_treenode_to_str(node);
diff --git a/src/util.h b/src/util.h
index d09285b..c764ac6 100644
--- a/src/util.h
+++ b/src/util.h
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ bool wm_nodearray_remove(NodeArray *arr, size_t index);
 void __wm_nodearray_free(NodeArray *arr);
 ClientArray wm_nodearray_find_clients(TreeNode *root);
 
-
 PtrArray wm_ptrarray_new();
 void wm_ptrarray_push(PtrArray *arr, void* ptr);
 bool wm_ptrarray_pop(PtrArray *arr, void **ret);
@@ -103,6 +102,11 @@ TreeNode* wm_treenode_split_get_sibling(TreeNode *node);
 PtrArray wm_all_nodes_to_ptrarray(TreeNode *root);
 void wm_log_state(Wm *wm, const char *prefixstr, const char* logfile);
 
+TreeNode* wm_treenode_lmd(TreeNode *node);
+PtrArray wm_treenode_all_lmds(TreeNode *node);
+PtrArray wm_postorder_traversal(TreeNode *tree);
+bool wm_is_treenode_keyroot(TreeNode *node);
+
 ClientArray wm_clientarray_new();
 void wm_clientarray_push(ClientArray *arr, Client node);
 bool wm_clientarray_pop(ClientArray *arr, Client *ret);