diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-device/device-private.h b/src/libsystemd/sd-device/device-private.h
index 7d925aa581..dea7728633 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-device/device-private.h
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-device/device-private.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ int device_opendir(sd_device *device, const char *subdir, DIR **ret);
 int device_get_sysnum_unsigned(sd_device *device, unsigned *ret);
 int device_get_property_bool(sd_device *device, const char *key);
 int device_get_property_int(sd_device *device, const char *key, int *ret);
+int device_get_ifname(sd_device *device, const char **ret);
 int device_get_sysattr_int(sd_device *device, const char *sysattr, int *ret_value);
 int device_get_sysattr_unsigned_full(sd_device *device, const char *sysattr, unsigned base, unsigned *ret_value);
 static inline int device_get_sysattr_unsigned(sd_device *device, const char *sysattr, unsigned *ret_value) {
diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-device/sd-device.c b/src/libsystemd/sd-device/sd-device.c
index 181a9256dd..b7b308b390 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-device/sd-device.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-device/sd-device.c
@@ -871,6 +871,21 @@ _public_ int sd_device_get_ifindex(sd_device *device, int *ifindex) {
         return 0;
 }
 
+int device_get_ifname(sd_device *device, const char **ret) {
+        int r;
+
+        assert_return(device, -EINVAL);
+
+        /* First, check if the device is a network interface. */
+        r = sd_device_get_ifindex(device, NULL);
+        if (r < 0)
+                return r;
+
+        /* The sysname and ifname may be different, as '!' in sysname are replaced with '/'.
+         * For network interfaces, we can use INTERFACE property. */
+        return sd_device_get_property_value(device, "INTERFACE", ret);
+}
+
 _public_ int sd_device_new_from_device_id(sd_device **ret, const char *id) {
         int r;
 
diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-device/test-sd-device.c b/src/libsystemd/sd-device/test-sd-device.c
index 705a10d159..b2b04562cd 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-device/test-sd-device.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-device/test-sd-device.c
@@ -52,6 +52,14 @@ static void test_sd_device_one(sd_device *d) {
         else {
                 ASSERT_GT(ifindex, 0);
 
+                const char *ifname;
+                ASSERT_OK(device_get_ifname(d, &ifname));
+                ASSERT_NOT_NULL(endswith(syspath, ifname));
+                if (strchr(sysname, '/'))
+                        ASSERT_FALSE(streq(ifname, sysname));
+                else
+                        ASSERT_STREQ(ifname, sysname);
+
                 r = sd_device_new_from_ifindex(&dev, ifindex);
                 if (r < 0) {
                         ASSERT_ERROR(r, ENODEV);