diff --git a/src/libsystemd/libsystemd.sym b/src/libsystemd/libsystemd.sym
index ccc23e1257..08b915cf7c 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/libsystemd.sym
+++ b/src/libsystemd/libsystemd.sym
@@ -685,6 +685,7 @@ global:
 
 LIBSYSTEMD_245 {
 global:
+        sd_bus_enqeue_for_read;
         sd_bus_message_dump;
         sd_bus_message_sensitive;
         sd_event_add_child_pidfd;
diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/sd-bus.c b/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/sd-bus.c
index b53d4dd854..c1db48f47a 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/sd-bus.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/sd-bus.c
@@ -4207,3 +4207,27 @@ _public_ int sd_bus_get_close_on_exit(sd_bus *bus) {
 
         return bus->close_on_exit;
 }
+
+_public_ int sd_bus_enqeue_for_read(sd_bus *bus, sd_bus_message *m) {
+        int r;
+
+        assert_return(bus, -EINVAL);
+        assert_return(bus = bus_resolve(bus), -ENOPKG);
+        assert_return(m, -EINVAL);
+        assert_return(m->sealed, -EINVAL);
+        assert_return(!bus_pid_changed(bus), -ECHILD);
+
+        if (!BUS_IS_OPEN(bus->state))
+                return -ENOTCONN;
+
+        /* Re-enqeue a message for reading. This is primarily useful for PolicyKit-style authentication,
+         * where we want accept a message, then determine we need to interactively authenticate the user, and
+         * when we have that process the message again. */
+
+        r = bus_rqueue_make_room(bus);
+        if (r < 0)
+                return r;
+
+        bus->rqueue[bus->rqueue_size++] = bus_message_ref_queued(m, bus);
+        return 0;
+}
diff --git a/src/systemd/sd-bus.h b/src/systemd/sd-bus.h
index ff2c0e9ef0..821b06ea92 100644
--- a/src/systemd/sd-bus.h
+++ b/src/systemd/sd-bus.h
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ int sd_bus_process(sd_bus *bus, sd_bus_message **r);
 int sd_bus_process_priority(sd_bus *bus, int64_t max_priority, sd_bus_message **r);
 int sd_bus_wait(sd_bus *bus, uint64_t timeout_usec);
 int sd_bus_flush(sd_bus *bus);
+int sd_bus_enqeue_for_read(sd_bus *bus, sd_bus_message *m);
 
 sd_bus_slot* sd_bus_get_current_slot(sd_bus *bus);
 sd_bus_message* sd_bus_get_current_message(sd_bus *bus);