diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-id128/id128-util.c b/src/libsystemd/sd-id128/id128-util.c
index 596b8786bf..dbe4d20150 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-id128/id128-util.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-id128/id128-util.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "hexdecoct.h"
 #include "id128-util.h"
 #include "io-util.h"
+#include "sha256.h"
 #include "stdio-util.h"
 #include "string-util.h"
 #include "sync-util.h"
@@ -234,3 +235,21 @@ int id128_get_product(sd_id128_t *ret) {
         *ret = uuid;
         return 0;
 }
+
+sd_id128_t id128_digest(const void *data, size_t size) {
+        assert(data || size == 0);
+
+        /* Hashes a UUID from some arbitrary data */
+
+        if (size == SIZE_MAX)
+                size = strlen(data);
+
+        uint8_t h[SHA256_DIGEST_SIZE];
+        sd_id128_t id;
+
+        /* Take the first half of the SHA256 result */
+        assert_cc(sizeof(h) >= sizeof(id.bytes));
+        memcpy(id.bytes, sha256_direct(data, size, h), sizeof(id.bytes));
+
+        return id128_make_v4_uuid(id);
+}
diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-id128/id128-util.h b/src/libsystemd/sd-id128/id128-util.h
index 80c36e5a7b..53ba50a8ac 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-id128/id128-util.h
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-id128/id128-util.h
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ sd_id128_t id128_make_v4_uuid(sd_id128_t id);
 
 int id128_get_product(sd_id128_t *ret);
 
+sd_id128_t id128_digest(const void *data, size_t size);
+
 /* A helper to check for the three relevant cases of "machine ID not initialized" */
 #define ERRNO_IS_NEG_MACHINE_ID_UNSET(r)        \
         IN_SET(r,                               \