diff --git a/src/shared/varlink-idl.c b/src/shared/varlink-idl.c
index 57765b18c2..f81c38c53d 100644
--- a/src/shared/varlink-idl.c
+++ b/src/shared/varlink-idl.c
@@ -1452,6 +1452,28 @@ static bool varlink_idl_comment_is_valid(const char *comment) {
         return utf8_is_valid(comment);
 }
 
+int varlink_idl_qualified_symbol_name_is_valid(const char *name) {
+        const char *dot;
+
+        /* Validates a qualified symbol name (i.e. interface name, followed by a dot, followed by a symbol name) */
+
+        if (!name)
+                return false;
+
+        dot = strrchr(name, '.');
+        if (!dot)
+                return false;
+
+        if (!varlink_idl_symbol_name_is_valid(dot + 1))
+                return false;
+
+        _cleanup_free_ char *iface = strndup(name, dot - name);
+        if (!iface)
+                return -ENOMEM;
+
+        return varlink_idl_interface_name_is_valid(iface);
+}
+
 static int varlink_idl_symbol_consistent(const VarlinkInterface *interface, const VarlinkSymbol *symbol, int level);
 
 static int varlink_idl_field_consistent(
diff --git a/src/shared/varlink-idl.h b/src/shared/varlink-idl.h
index 03a1a2b2e4..ffb55f3066 100644
--- a/src/shared/varlink-idl.h
+++ b/src/shared/varlink-idl.h
@@ -170,6 +170,8 @@ bool varlink_idl_field_name_is_valid(const char *name);
 bool varlink_idl_symbol_name_is_valid(const char *name);
 bool varlink_idl_interface_name_is_valid(const char *name);
 
+int varlink_idl_qualified_symbol_name_is_valid(const char *name);
+
 int varlink_idl_consistent(const VarlinkInterface *interface, int level);
 
 const VarlinkSymbol* varlink_idl_find_symbol(const VarlinkInterface *interface, VarlinkSymbolType type, const char *name);
diff --git a/src/test/test-varlink-idl.c b/src/test/test-varlink-idl.c
index f14622bd58..c2be1dfec0 100644
--- a/src/test/test-varlink-idl.c
+++ b/src/test/test-varlink-idl.c
@@ -261,6 +261,17 @@ TEST(field_name_is_valid) {
         assert_se(varlink_idl_field_name_is_valid("foo0foo"));
 }
 
+TEST(qualified_symbol_name_is_valid) {
+        assert_se(varlink_idl_qualified_symbol_name_is_valid(NULL) == 0);
+        assert_se(varlink_idl_qualified_symbol_name_is_valid("") == 0);
+        assert_se(varlink_idl_qualified_symbol_name_is_valid("x") == 0);
+        assert_se(varlink_idl_qualified_symbol_name_is_valid("xxx") == 0);
+        assert_se(varlink_idl_qualified_symbol_name_is_valid("xxx.xxx") == 0);
+        assert_se(varlink_idl_qualified_symbol_name_is_valid("xxx.Xxx") > 0);
+        assert_se(varlink_idl_qualified_symbol_name_is_valid("xxx.xxx.XXX") > 0);
+        assert_se(varlink_idl_qualified_symbol_name_is_valid("xxx.xxx.0foo") == 0);
+}
+
 TEST(validate_json) {
 
         _cleanup_(varlink_interface_freep) VarlinkInterface *parsed = NULL;