diff --git a/src/basic/fs-util.c b/src/basic/fs-util.c
index b3d5e8a07d..64d309317d 100644
--- a/src/basic/fs-util.c
+++ b/src/basic/fs-util.c
@@ -1025,7 +1025,7 @@ int parse_cifs_service(
         return 0;
 }
 
-int open_mkdir_at(int dirfd, const char *path, int flags, mode_t mode) {
+int open_mkdir_at_full(int dirfd, const char *path, int flags, XOpenFlags xopen_flags, mode_t mode) {
         _cleanup_close_ int fd = -EBADF, parent_fd = -EBADF;
         _cleanup_free_ char *fname = NULL, *parent = NULL;
         int r;
@@ -1061,7 +1061,7 @@ int open_mkdir_at(int dirfd, const char *path, int flags, mode_t mode) {
                 path = fname;
         }
 
-        fd = xopenat_full(dirfd, path, flags|O_CREAT|O_DIRECTORY|O_NOFOLLOW, /* xopen_flags = */ 0, mode);
+        fd = xopenat_full(dirfd, path, flags|O_CREAT|O_DIRECTORY|O_NOFOLLOW, xopen_flags, mode);
         if (IN_SET(fd, -ELOOP, -ENOTDIR))
                 return -EEXIST;
         if (fd < 0)
diff --git a/src/basic/fs-util.h b/src/basic/fs-util.h
index 58a7d0a745..3e2db95304 100644
--- a/src/basic/fs-util.h
+++ b/src/basic/fs-util.h
@@ -128,15 +128,18 @@ int posix_fallocate_loop(int fd, uint64_t offset, uint64_t size);
 
 int parse_cifs_service(const char *s, char **ret_host, char **ret_service, char **ret_path);
 
-int open_mkdir_at(int dirfd, const char *path, int flags, mode_t mode);
-
-int openat_report_new(int dirfd, const char *pathname, int flags, mode_t mode, bool *ret_newly_created);
-
 typedef enum XOpenFlags {
         XO_LABEL     = 1 << 0,
         XO_SUBVOLUME = 1 << 1,
 } XOpenFlags;
 
+int open_mkdir_at_full(int dirfd, const char *path, int flags, XOpenFlags xopen_flags, mode_t mode);
+static inline int open_mkdir_at(int dirfd, const char *path, int flags, mode_t mode) {
+        return open_mkdir_at_full(dirfd, path, flags, 0, mode);
+}
+
+int openat_report_new(int dirfd, const char *pathname, int flags, mode_t mode, bool *ret_newly_created);
+
 int xopenat_full(int dir_fd, const char *path, int open_flags, XOpenFlags xopen_flags, mode_t mode);
 static inline int xopenat(int dir_fd, const char *path, int open_flags) {
         return xopenat_full(dir_fd, path, open_flags, 0, 0);