diff --git a/src/basic/xattr-util.c b/src/basic/xattr-util.c
index 700fdf44b6..d2daf87ec9 100644
--- a/src/basic/xattr-util.c
+++ b/src/basic/xattr-util.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include "fd-util.h"
 #include "macro.h"
 #include "missing_syscall.h"
+#include "parse-util.h"
 #include "sparse-endian.h"
 #include "stat-util.h"
 #include "stdio-util.h"
@@ -118,6 +119,20 @@ int getxattr_at_malloc(
         }
 }
 
+int getxattr_at_bool(int fd, const char *path, const char *name, int flags) {
+        _cleanup_free_ char *v = NULL;
+        int r;
+
+        r = getxattr_at_malloc(fd, path, name, flags, &v);
+        if (r < 0)
+                return r;
+
+        if (memchr(v, 0, r)) /* Refuse embedded NUL byte */
+                return -EINVAL;
+
+        return parse_boolean(v);
+}
+
 static int parse_crtime(le64_t le, usec_t *usec) {
         uint64_t u;
 
diff --git a/src/basic/xattr-util.h b/src/basic/xattr-util.h
index 649a842fe2..19ee3e1c45 100644
--- a/src/basic/xattr-util.h
+++ b/src/basic/xattr-util.h
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ static inline int fgetxattr_malloc(int fd, const char *name, char **ret) {
         return getxattr_at_malloc(fd, NULL, name, AT_EMPTY_PATH, ret);
 }
 
+int getxattr_at_bool(int fd, const char *path, const char *name, int flags);
+
 int fd_setcrtime(int fd, usec_t usec);
 
 int fd_getcrtime_at(int fd, const char *name, int flags, usec_t *ret);