diff --git a/src/basic/util.c b/src/basic/util.c
index 8b896a2df3..2565b0f547 100644
--- a/src/basic/util.c
+++ b/src/basic/util.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <libintl.h>
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <linux/magic.h>
+#include <linux/oom.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <locale.h>
 #include <netinet/ip.h>
@@ -6800,3 +6801,7 @@ bool fdname_is_valid(const char *s) {
 
         return p - s < 256;
 }
+
+bool oom_score_adjust_is_valid(int oa) {
+        return oa >= OOM_SCORE_ADJ_MIN && oa <= OOM_SCORE_ADJ_MAX;
+}
diff --git a/src/basic/util.h b/src/basic/util.h
index 2544ad0830..6c63bc221f 100644
--- a/src/basic/util.h
+++ b/src/basic/util.h
@@ -941,3 +941,5 @@ void nop_signal_handler(int sig);
 int version(void);
 
 bool fdname_is_valid(const char *s);
+
+bool oom_score_adjust_is_valid(int oa);