diff --git a/module_utils/network_lsr/nm/provider.py b/module_utils/network_lsr/nm/provider.py
index 9d3d491b4..2f73b0a1d 100644
--- a/module_utils/network_lsr/nm/provider.py
+++ b/module_utils/network_lsr/nm/provider.py
@@ -65,6 +65,22 @@ def get_client_version(self):
         nm_client = client.get_client()
         return nm_client.get_version()
 
+    def nm_support_version_cmp(self, nm_support_version):
+        v = self.get_client_version().split(".")
+        major = int(v[0])
+        minor = int(v[1])
+        micro = int(v[2])
+        nm_support_v = nm_support_version.split(".")
+        nm_major = int(nm_support_v[0])
+        nm_minor = int(nm_support_v[1])
+        nm_micro = int(nm_support_v[2])
+        # emulate the behavior of `nm_client_get_version_info()` to encode NM daemon
+        # version as "(major << 16 | minor << 8 | micro)", but
+        # `nm_client_get_version_info()` is only supported to use since NM 1.42
+        return (major << 16 | minor << 8 | micro) >= (
+            nm_major << 16 | nm_minor << 8 | nm_micro
+        )
+
     def reload_configuration(self):
         timeout = 10
         nm_client = client.get_client()