diff --git a/src/basic/recurse-dir.c b/src/basic/recurse-dir.c
index d16ca98f67..908e833501 100644
--- a/src/basic/recurse-dir.c
+++ b/src/basic/recurse-dir.c
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ int recurse_dir(
                 void *userdata) {
 
         _cleanup_free_ DirectoryEntries *de = NULL;
+        STRUCT_STATX_DEFINE(root_sx);
         int r;
 
         assert(dir_fd >= 0);
@@ -139,6 +140,26 @@ int recurse_dir(
         if (n_depth_max == UINT_MAX) /* special marker for "default" */
                 n_depth_max = DEFAULT_RECURSION_MAX;
 
+        if (FLAGS_SET(flags, RECURSE_DIR_TOPLEVEL)) {
+                if (statx_mask != 0) {
+                        r = statx_fallback(dir_fd, "", AT_EMPTY_PATH, statx_mask, &root_sx);
+                        if (r < 0)
+                                return r;
+                }
+
+                r = func(RECURSE_DIR_ENTER,
+                         path,
+                         -1, /* we have no parent fd */
+                         dir_fd,
+                         NULL, /* we have no dirent */
+                         statx_mask != 0 ? &root_sx : NULL,
+                         userdata);
+                if (IN_SET(r, RECURSE_DIR_LEAVE_DIRECTORY, RECURSE_DIR_SKIP_ENTRY))
+                        return 0;
+                if (r != RECURSE_DIR_CONTINUE)
+                        return r;
+        }
+
         r = readdir_all(dir_fd, flags, &de);
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
@@ -397,7 +418,7 @@ int recurse_dir(
                                         p,
                                         statx_mask,
                                         n_depth_max - 1,
-                                        flags,
+                                        flags &~ RECURSE_DIR_TOPLEVEL, /* we already called the callback for this entry */
                                         func,
                                         userdata);
                         if (r != 0)
@@ -427,6 +448,19 @@ int recurse_dir(
                         return r;
         }
 
+        if (FLAGS_SET(flags, RECURSE_DIR_TOPLEVEL)) {
+
+                r = func(RECURSE_DIR_LEAVE,
+                         path,
+                         -1,
+                         dir_fd,
+                         NULL,
+                         statx_mask != 0 ? &root_sx : NULL,
+                         userdata);
+                if (!IN_SET(r, RECURSE_DIR_LEAVE_DIRECTORY, RECURSE_DIR_SKIP_ENTRY, RECURSE_DIR_CONTINUE))
+                        return r;
+        }
+
         return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/basic/recurse-dir.h b/src/basic/recurse-dir.h
index 779c91e905..c10c8ddc9d 100644
--- a/src/basic/recurse-dir.h
+++ b/src/basic/recurse-dir.h
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ typedef enum RecurseDirFlags {
         RECURSE_DIR_ENSURE_TYPE  = 1 << 2,  /* guarantees that 'd_type' field of 'de' is not DT_UNKNOWN */
         RECURSE_DIR_SAME_MOUNT   = 1 << 3,  /* skips over subdirectories that are submounts */
         RECURSE_DIR_INODE_FD     = 1 << 4,  /* passes an opened inode fd (O_DIRECTORY fd in case of dirs, O_PATH otherwise) */
+        RECURSE_DIR_TOPLEVEL     = 1 << 5,  /* call RECURSE_DIR_ENTER/RECURSE_DIR_LEAVE once for top-level dir, too, with dir_fd=-1 and NULL dirent */
 } RecurseDirFlags;
 
 typedef struct DirectoryEntries {