diff --git a/src/network/fuzz-network-parser.c b/src/network/fuzz-network-parser.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bfeb46cff3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/network/fuzz-network-parser.c
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+ */
+
+#include "fd-util.h"
+#include "fileio.h"
+#include "fs-util.h"
+#include "fuzz.h"
+#include "networkd-manager.h"
+
+int LLVMFuzzerTestOneInput(const uint8_t *data, size_t size) {
+        _cleanup_(manager_freep) Manager *manager = NULL;
+        _cleanup_fclose_ FILE *f = NULL;
+        _cleanup_(unlink_tempfilep) char network_config[] = "/tmp/fuzz-networkd.XXXXXX";
+
+        assert_se(fmkostemp_safe(network_config, "r+", &f) == 0);
+        if (size != 0)
+                assert_se(fwrite(data, size, 1, f) == 1);
+
+        rewind(f);
+        assert_se(manager_new(&manager) >= 0);
+        (void) network_load_one(manager, network_config);
+        return 0;
+}
diff --git a/src/network/meson.build b/src/network/meson.build
index db03e2234f..d4fa27a288 100644
--- a/src/network/meson.build
+++ b/src/network/meson.build
@@ -144,6 +144,14 @@ if conf.get('ENABLE_NETWORKD') == 1
       libsystemd_network,
       libshared],
      [threads]],
+
+    [['src/network/fuzz-network-parser.c',
+      'src/fuzz/fuzz.h'],
+     [libnetworkd_core,
+      libudev_static,
+      libsystemd_network,
+      libshared],
+     [threads]]
     ]
 
         tests += [
diff --git a/src/network/networkd-network.c b/src/network/networkd-network.c
index d6d59bab43..f257ac6698 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-network.c
+++ b/src/network/networkd-network.c
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ void network_apply_anonymize_if_set(Network *network) {
         network->dhcp_use_timezone = false;
 }
 
-static int network_load_one(Manager *manager, const char *filename) {
+int network_load_one(Manager *manager, const char *filename) {
         _cleanup_(network_freep) Network *network = NULL;
         _cleanup_fclose_ FILE *file = NULL;
         char *d;
diff --git a/src/network/networkd-network.h b/src/network/networkd-network.h
index 495fac83d3..919a2c4b3c 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-network.h
+++ b/src/network/networkd-network.h
@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@ void network_free(Network *network);
 DEFINE_TRIVIAL_CLEANUP_FUNC(Network*, network_free);
 
 int network_load(Manager *manager);
+int network_load_one(Manager *manager, const char *filename);
 
 int network_get_by_name(Manager *manager, const char *name, Network **ret);
 int network_get(Manager *manager, sd_device *device, const char *ifname, const struct ether_addr *mac, Network **ret);