diff --git a/src/__phutil_library_map__.php b/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
index 493f83d1..a4d2faed 100644
--- a/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
+++ b/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
@@ -925,6 +925,8 @@ phutil_register_library_map(array(
     'mpull' => 'utils/utils.php',
     'msort' => 'utils/utils.php',
     'msortv' => 'utils/utils.php',
+    'msortv_internal' => 'utils/utils.php',
+    'msortv_natural' => 'utils/utils.php',
     'newv' => 'utils/utils.php',
     'nonempty' => 'utils/utils.php',
     'phlog' => 'error/phlog.php',
@@ -979,6 +981,7 @@ phutil_register_library_map(array(
     'phutil_loggable_string' => 'utils/utils.php',
     'phutil_microseconds_since' => 'utils/utils.php',
     'phutil_parse_bytes' => 'utils/viewutils.php',
+    'phutil_partition' => 'utils/utils.php',
     'phutil_passthru' => 'future/exec/execx.php',
     'phutil_person' => 'internationalization/pht.php',
     'phutil_register_library' => 'init/lib/core.php',
diff --git a/src/utils/__tests__/PhutilUtilsTestCase.php b/src/utils/__tests__/PhutilUtilsTestCase.php
index e1bade52..75fe4692 100644
--- a/src/utils/__tests__/PhutilUtilsTestCase.php
+++ b/src/utils/__tests__/PhutilUtilsTestCase.php
@@ -966,4 +966,38 @@ final class PhutilUtilsTestCase extends PhutilTestCase {
     }
   }
 
+  public function testArrayPartition() {
+    $map = array(
+      'empty' => array(
+        array(),
+        array(),
+      ),
+      'unique' => array(
+        array('a' => 'a', 'b' => 'b', 'c' => 'c'),
+        array(array('a' => 'a'), array('b' => 'b'), array('c' => 'c')),
+      ),
+      'xy' => array(
+        array('a' => 'x', 'b' => 'x', 'c' => 'y', 'd' => 'y'),
+        array(
+          array('a' => 'x', 'b' => 'x'),
+          array('c' => 'y', 'd' => 'y'),
+        ),
+      ),
+      'multi' => array(
+        array('a' => true, 'b' => true, 'c' => false, 'd' => true),
+        array(
+          array('a' => true, 'b' => true),
+          array('c' => false),
+          array('d' => true),
+        ),
+      ),
+    );
+
+    foreach ($map as $name => $item) {
+      list($input, $expect) = $item;
+      $actual = phutil_partition($input);
+      $this->assertEqual($expect, $actual, pht('Partition of "%s"', $name));
+    }
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/utils/utils.php b/src/utils/utils.php
index 0bb1b4f8..4c44d7b7 100644
--- a/src/utils/utils.php
+++ b/src/utils/utils.php
@@ -433,6 +433,14 @@ function msort(array $list, $method) {
  * @return list Objects ordered by the vectors.
  */
 function msortv(array $list, $method) {
+  return msortv_internal($list, $method, SORT_STRING);
+}
+
+function msortv_natural(array $list, $method) {
+  return msortv_internal($list, $method, SORT_NATURAL | SORT_FLAG_CASE);
+}
+
+function msortv_internal(array $list, $method, $flags) {
   $surrogate = mpull($list, $method);
 
   $index = 0;
@@ -455,7 +463,7 @@ function msortv(array $list, $method) {
     $surrogate[$key] = (string)$value;
   }
 
-  asort($surrogate, SORT_STRING);
+  asort($surrogate, $flags);
 
   $result = array();
   foreach ($surrogate as $key => $value) {
@@ -1966,3 +1974,32 @@ function phutil_glue(array $list, $glue) {
 
   return array_select_keys($tmp, $keys);
 }
+
+function phutil_partition(array $map) {
+  $partitions = array();
+
+  $partition = array();
+  $is_first = true;
+  $partition_value = null;
+
+  foreach ($map as $key => $value) {
+    if (!$is_first) {
+      if ($partition_value === $value) {
+        $partition[$key] = $value;
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      $partitions[] = $partition;
+    }
+
+    $is_first = false;
+    $partition = array($key => $value);
+    $partition_value = $value;
+  }
+
+  if ($partition) {
+    $partitions[] = $partition;
+  }
+
+  return $partitions;
+}