diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-id128/id128-util.c b/src/libsystemd/sd-id128/id128-util.c
index 1068721dd4..e4a3bbd3eb 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-id128/id128-util.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-id128/id128-util.c
@@ -206,3 +206,19 @@ int id128_get_product(sd_id128_t *ret) {
         *ret = uuid;
         return 0;
 }
+
+int id128_equal_string(const char *s, sd_id128_t id) {
+        sd_id128_t parsed;
+        int r;
+
+        if (!s)
+                return false;
+
+        /* Checks if the specified string matches a valid string representation of the specified 128 bit ID/uuid */
+
+        r = sd_id128_from_string(s, &parsed);
+        if (r < 0)
+                return r;
+
+        return sd_id128_equal(parsed, id);
+}
diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-id128/id128-util.h b/src/libsystemd/sd-id128/id128-util.h
index 17b180c10c..65a278c8ee 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-id128/id128-util.h
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-id128/id128-util.h
@@ -34,3 +34,5 @@ extern const struct hash_ops id128_hash_ops;
 sd_id128_t id128_make_v4_uuid(sd_id128_t id);
 
 int id128_get_product(sd_id128_t *ret);
+
+int id128_equal_string(const char *s, sd_id128_t id);