diff --git a/cgroup.c b/cgroup.c
index 24bbe1aa15..f5c2592ce8 100644
--- a/cgroup.c
+++ b/cgroup.c
@@ -540,3 +540,14 @@ CGroupBonding *cgroup_bonding_find_list(CGroupBonding *first, const char *contro
 
         return NULL;
 }
+
+char *cgroup_bonding_to_string(CGroupBonding *b) {
+        char *r;
+
+        assert(b);
+
+        if (asprintf(&r, "%s:%s", b->controller, b->path) < 0)
+                return NULL;
+
+        return r;
+}
diff --git a/cgroup.h b/cgroup.h
index b7e18bf620..6b677d535d 100644
--- a/cgroup.h
+++ b/cgroup.h
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ int cgroup_bonding_is_empty_list(CGroupBonding *first);
 
 CGroupBonding *cgroup_bonding_find_list(CGroupBonding *first, const char *controller);
 
+char *cgroup_bonding_to_string(CGroupBonding *b);
+
 #include "manager.h"
 
 int manager_setup_cgroup(Manager *m);