diff --git a/src/libsystemd/libsystemd.sym b/src/libsystemd/libsystemd.sym
index 542254295c..ae60e346eb 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/libsystemd.sym
+++ b/src/libsystemd/libsystemd.sym
@@ -500,3 +500,11 @@ LIBSYSTEMD_231 {
 global:
         sd_event_get_iteration;
 } LIBSYSTEMD_230;
+
+LIBSYSTEMD_232 {
+global:
+        sd_bus_track_set_recursive;
+        sd_bus_track_get_recursive;
+        sd_bus_track_count_name;
+        sd_bus_track_count_sender;
+} LIBSYSTEMD_231;
diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/bus-track.c b/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/bus-track.c
index 1f436fe560..6ece2244c2 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/bus-track.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/bus-track.c
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@
 #include "bus-track.h"
 #include "bus-util.h"
 
+struct track_item {
+        unsigned n_ref;
+        char *name;
+        sd_bus_slot *slot;
+};
+
 struct sd_bus_track {
         unsigned n_ref;
         sd_bus *bus;
@@ -32,8 +38,9 @@ struct sd_bus_track {
         Hashmap *names;
         LIST_FIELDS(sd_bus_track, queue);
         Iterator iterator;
-        bool in_queue;
-        bool modified;
+        bool in_queue:1;
+        bool modified:1;
+        bool recursive:1;
 };
 
 #define MATCH_PREFIX                                        \
@@ -56,6 +63,20 @@ struct sd_bus_track {
                 _x;                                                     \
         })
 
+static struct track_item* track_item_free(struct track_item *i) {
+
+        if (!i)
+                return NULL;
+
+        sd_bus_slot_unref(i->slot);
+        free(i->name);
+        free(i);
+
+        return NULL;
+}
+
+DEFINE_TRIVIAL_CLEANUP_FUNC(struct track_item*, track_item_free);
+
 static void bus_track_add_to_queue(sd_bus_track *track) {
         assert(track);
 
@@ -79,6 +100,25 @@ static void bus_track_remove_from_queue(sd_bus_track *track) {
         track->in_queue = false;
 }
 
+static int bus_track_remove_name_fully(sd_bus_track *track, const char *name) {
+        struct track_item *i;
+
+        assert(track);
+        assert(name);
+
+        i = hashmap_remove(track->names, name);
+        if (!i)
+                return 0;
+
+        track_item_free(i);
+
+        if (hashmap_isempty(track->names))
+                bus_track_add_to_queue(track);
+
+        track->modified = true;
+        return 1;
+}
+
 _public_ int sd_bus_track_new(
                 sd_bus *bus,
                 sd_bus_track **track,
@@ -121,7 +161,7 @@ _public_ sd_bus_track* sd_bus_track_ref(sd_bus_track *track) {
 }
 
 _public_ sd_bus_track* sd_bus_track_unref(sd_bus_track *track) {
-        const char *n;
+        struct track_item *i;
 
         if (!track)
                 return NULL;
@@ -133,8 +173,8 @@ _public_ sd_bus_track* sd_bus_track_unref(sd_bus_track *track) {
                 return NULL;
         }
 
-        while ((n = hashmap_first_key(track->names)))
-                sd_bus_track_remove_name(track, n);
+        while ((i = hashmap_steal_first(track->names)))
+                track_item_free(i);
 
         bus_track_remove_from_queue(track);
         hashmap_free(track->names);
@@ -156,49 +196,64 @@ static int on_name_owner_changed(sd_bus_message *message, void *userdata, sd_bus
         if (r < 0)
                 return 0;
 
-        sd_bus_track_remove_name(track, name);
+        bus_track_remove_name_fully(track, name);
         return 0;
 }
 
 _public_ int sd_bus_track_add_name(sd_bus_track *track, const char *name) {
-        _cleanup_(sd_bus_slot_unrefp) sd_bus_slot *slot = NULL;
-        _cleanup_free_ char *n = NULL;
+        _cleanup_(track_item_freep) struct track_item *n = NULL;
+        struct track_item *i;
         const char *match;
         int r;
 
         assert_return(track, -EINVAL);
         assert_return(service_name_is_valid(name), -EINVAL);
 
+        i = hashmap_get(track->names, name);
+        if (i) {
+                if (track->recursive) {
+                        unsigned k = track->n_ref + 1;
+
+                        if (k < track->n_ref) /* Check for overflow */
+                                return -EOVERFLOW;
+
+                        track->n_ref = k;
+                }
+
+                bus_track_remove_from_queue(track);
+                return 0;
+        }
+
         r = hashmap_ensure_allocated(&track->names, &string_hash_ops);
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
 
-        n = strdup(name);
+        n = new0(struct track_item, 1);
         if (!n)
                 return -ENOMEM;
+        n->name = strdup(name);
+        if (!n->name)
+                return -ENOMEM;
 
         /* First, subscribe to this name */
-        match = MATCH_FOR_NAME(n);
-        r = sd_bus_add_match(track->bus, &slot, match, on_name_owner_changed, track);
+        match = MATCH_FOR_NAME(name);
+        r = sd_bus_add_match(track->bus, &n->slot, match, on_name_owner_changed, track);
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
 
-        r = hashmap_put(track->names, n, slot);
-        if (r == -EEXIST)
-                return 0;
+        r = hashmap_put(track->names, n->name, n);
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
 
-        /* Second, check if it is currently existing, or maybe
-         * doesn't, or maybe disappeared already. */
-        r = sd_bus_get_name_creds(track->bus, n, 0, NULL);
+        /* Second, check if it is currently existing, or maybe doesn't, or maybe disappeared already. */
+        r = sd_bus_get_name_creds(track->bus, name, 0, NULL);
         if (r < 0) {
-                hashmap_remove(track->names, n);
+                hashmap_remove(track->names, name);
                 return r;
         }
 
+        n->n_ref = 1;
         n = NULL;
-        slot = NULL;
 
         bus_track_remove_from_queue(track);
         track->modified = true;
@@ -207,37 +262,48 @@ _public_ int sd_bus_track_add_name(sd_bus_track *track, const char *name) {
 }
 
 _public_ int sd_bus_track_remove_name(sd_bus_track *track, const char *name) {
-        _cleanup_(sd_bus_slot_unrefp) sd_bus_slot *slot = NULL;
-        _cleanup_free_ char *n = NULL;
+        struct track_item *i;
 
         assert_return(name, -EINVAL);
 
-        if (!track)
+        if (!track) /* Treat a NULL track object as an empty track object */
                 return 0;
 
-        slot = hashmap_remove2(track->names, (char*) name, (void**) &n);
-        if (!slot)
-                return 0;
+        if (!track->recursive)
+                return bus_track_remove_name_fully(track, name);
 
-        if (hashmap_isempty(track->names))
-                bus_track_add_to_queue(track);
+        i = hashmap_get(track->names, name);
+        if (!i)
+                return -EUNATCH;
+        if (i->n_ref <= 0)
+                return -EUNATCH;
 
-        track->modified = true;
+        i->n_ref--;
+
+        if (i->n_ref <= 0)
+                return bus_track_remove_name_fully(track, name);
 
         return 1;
 }
 
 _public_ unsigned sd_bus_track_count(sd_bus_track *track) {
-        if (!track)
+
+        if (!track) /* Let's consider a NULL object equivalent to an empty object */
                 return 0;
 
+        /* This signature really should have returned an int, so that we can propagate errors. But well, ... Also, note
+         * that this returns the number of names being watched, and multiple references to the same name are not
+         * counted. */
+
         return hashmap_size(track->names);
 }
 
 _public_ const char* sd_bus_track_contains(sd_bus_track *track, const char *name) {
-        assert_return(track, NULL);
         assert_return(name, NULL);
 
+        if (!track) /* Let's consider a NULL object equivalent to an empty object */
+                return NULL;
+
         return hashmap_get(track->names, (void*) name) ? name : NULL;
 }
 
@@ -273,6 +339,9 @@ _public_ int sd_bus_track_add_sender(sd_bus_track *track, sd_bus_message *m) {
         assert_return(track, -EINVAL);
         assert_return(m, -EINVAL);
 
+        if (sd_bus_message_get_bus(m) != track->bus)
+                return -EINVAL;
+
         sender = sd_bus_message_get_sender(m);
         if (!sender)
                 return -EINVAL;
@@ -283,9 +352,14 @@ _public_ int sd_bus_track_add_sender(sd_bus_track *track, sd_bus_message *m) {
 _public_ int sd_bus_track_remove_sender(sd_bus_track *track, sd_bus_message *m) {
         const char *sender;
 
-        assert_return(track, -EINVAL);
         assert_return(m, -EINVAL);
 
+        if (!track) /* Treat a NULL track object as an empty track object */
+                return 0;
+
+        if (sd_bus_message_get_bus(m) != track->bus)
+                return -EINVAL;
+
         sender = sd_bus_message_get_sender(m);
         if (!sender)
                 return -EINVAL;
@@ -335,3 +409,55 @@ _public_ void *sd_bus_track_set_userdata(sd_bus_track *track, void *userdata) {
 
         return ret;
 }
+
+_public_ int sd_bus_track_set_recursive(sd_bus_track *track, int b) {
+        assert_return(track, -EINVAL);
+
+        if (track->recursive == !!b)
+                return 0;
+
+        if (!hashmap_isempty(track->names))
+                return -EBUSY;
+
+        track->recursive = b;
+        return 0;
+}
+
+_public_ int sd_bus_track_get_recursive(sd_bus_track *track) {
+        assert_return(track, -EINVAL);
+
+        return track->recursive;
+}
+
+_public_ int sd_bus_track_count_sender(sd_bus_track *track, sd_bus_message *m) {
+        const char *sender;
+
+        assert_return(m, -EINVAL);
+
+        if (!track) /* Let's consider a NULL object equivalent to an empty object */
+                return 0;
+
+        if (sd_bus_message_get_bus(m) != track->bus)
+                return -EINVAL;
+
+        sender = sd_bus_message_get_sender(m);
+        if (!sender)
+                return -EINVAL;
+
+        return sd_bus_track_count_name(track, sender);
+}
+
+_public_ int sd_bus_track_count_name(sd_bus_track *track, const char *name) {
+        struct track_item *i;
+
+        assert_return(service_name_is_valid(name), -EINVAL);
+
+        if (!track) /* Let's consider a NULL object equivalent to an empty object */
+                return 0;
+
+        i = hashmap_get(track->names, name);
+        if (!i)
+                return 0;
+
+        return i->n_ref;
+}
diff --git a/src/systemd/sd-bus.h b/src/systemd/sd-bus.h
index 295989cd69..0305c56a8c 100644
--- a/src/systemd/sd-bus.h
+++ b/src/systemd/sd-bus.h
@@ -438,8 +438,14 @@ int sd_bus_track_remove_sender(sd_bus_track *track, sd_bus_message *m);
 int sd_bus_track_add_name(sd_bus_track *track, const char *name);
 int sd_bus_track_remove_name(sd_bus_track *track, const char *name);
 
+int sd_bus_track_set_recursive(sd_bus_track *track, int b);
+int sd_bus_track_get_recursive(sd_bus_track *track);
+
 unsigned sd_bus_track_count(sd_bus_track *track);
-const char* sd_bus_track_contains(sd_bus_track *track, const char *names);
+int sd_bus_track_count_sender(sd_bus_track *track, sd_bus_message *m);
+int sd_bus_track_count_name(sd_bus_track *track, const char *name);
+
+const char* sd_bus_track_contains(sd_bus_track *track, const char *name);
 const char* sd_bus_track_first(sd_bus_track *track);
 const char* sd_bus_track_next(sd_bus_track *track);