diff --git a/src/shared/json.c b/src/shared/json.c
index 722c2cfac3..25e711964f 100644
--- a/src/shared/json.c
+++ b/src/shared/json.c
@@ -3377,6 +3377,36 @@ int json_buildv(JsonVariant **ret, va_list ap) {
 
                         break;
 
+                case _JSON_BUILD_VARIANT_ARRAY: {
+                        JsonVariant **array;
+                        size_t n;
+
+                        if (!IN_SET(current->expect, EXPECT_TOPLEVEL, EXPECT_OBJECT_VALUE, EXPECT_ARRAY_ELEMENT)) {
+                                r = -EINVAL;
+                                goto finish;
+                        }
+
+                        array = va_arg(ap, JsonVariant**);
+                        n = va_arg(ap, size_t);
+
+                        if (current->n_suppress == 0) {
+                                r = json_variant_new_array(&add, array, n);
+                                if (r < 0)
+                                        goto finish;
+                        }
+
+                        n_subtract = 1;
+
+                        if (current->expect == EXPECT_TOPLEVEL)
+                                current->expect = EXPECT_END;
+                        else if (current->expect == EXPECT_OBJECT_VALUE)
+                                current->expect = EXPECT_OBJECT_KEY;
+                        else
+                                assert(current->expect == EXPECT_ARRAY_ELEMENT);
+
+                        break;
+                }
+
                 case _JSON_BUILD_LITERAL: {
                         const char *l;
 
diff --git a/src/shared/json.h b/src/shared/json.h
index 508e9c5053..d1a6eb5eb9 100644
--- a/src/shared/json.h
+++ b/src/shared/json.h
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ enum {
         _JSON_BUILD_PAIR_CONDITION,
         _JSON_BUILD_NULL,
         _JSON_BUILD_VARIANT,
+        _JSON_BUILD_VARIANT_ARRAY,
         _JSON_BUILD_LITERAL,
         _JSON_BUILD_STRV,
         _JSON_BUILD_BASE64,
@@ -236,6 +237,7 @@ enum {
 #define JSON_BUILD_PAIR_CONDITION(c, n, ...) _JSON_BUILD_PAIR_CONDITION, ({ bool _x = c; _x; }), ({ const char *_x = n; _x; }), __VA_ARGS__
 #define JSON_BUILD_NULL _JSON_BUILD_NULL
 #define JSON_BUILD_VARIANT(v) _JSON_BUILD_VARIANT, ({ JsonVariant *_x = v; _x; })
+#define JSON_BUILD_VARIANT_ARRAY(v, n) _JSON_BUILD_VARIANT_ARRAY, ({ JsonVariant **_x = v; _x; }), ({ size_t _y = n; _y; })
 #define JSON_BUILD_LITERAL(l) _JSON_BUILD_LITERAL, ({ const char *_x = l; _x; })
 #define JSON_BUILD_STRV(l) _JSON_BUILD_STRV, ({ char **_x = l; _x; })
 #define JSON_BUILD_BASE64(p, n) _JSON_BUILD_BASE64, ({ const void *_x = p; _x; }), ({ size_t _y = n; _y; })