diff --git a/man/rules/meson.build b/man/rules/meson.build
index a42143ec7cf..f551c25e6b7 100644
--- a/man/rules/meson.build
+++ b/man/rules/meson.build
@@ -530,6 +530,7 @@ manpages = [
    'sd_device_get_devtype',
    'sd_device_get_diskseq',
    'sd_device_get_driver',
+   'sd_device_get_driver_subsystem',
    'sd_device_get_ifindex',
    'sd_device_get_subsystem',
    'sd_device_get_sysname',
diff --git a/man/sd_device_get_syspath.xml b/man/sd_device_get_syspath.xml
index 718da91e87d..f21d7a297bc 100644
--- a/man/sd_device_get_syspath.xml
+++ b/man/sd_device_get_syspath.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
     <refname>sd_device_get_sysname</refname>
     <refname>sd_device_get_sysnum</refname>
     <refname>sd_device_get_subsystem</refname>
+    <refname>sd_device_get_driver_subsystem</refname>
     <refname>sd_device_get_devtype</refname>
     <refname>sd_device_get_devname</refname>
     <refname>sd_device_get_devnum</refname>
@@ -66,6 +67,12 @@
         <paramdef>const char **<parameter>ret</parameter></paramdef>
       </funcprototype>
 
+      <funcprototype>
+        <funcdef>int <function>sd_device_get_driver_subsystem</function></funcdef>
+        <paramdef>sd_device *<parameter>device</parameter></paramdef>
+        <paramdef>const char **<parameter>ret</parameter></paramdef>
+      </funcprototype>
+
       <funcprototype>
         <funcdef>int <function>sd_device_get_devtype</function></funcdef>
         <paramdef>sd_device *<parameter>device</parameter></paramdef>
@@ -126,6 +133,13 @@
     record. This is a short string fitting into a filename, and thus does not contain a slash and cannot be
     empty. Example: <literal>tty</literal>, <literal>block</literal> or <literal>net</literal>.</para>
 
+    <para><function>sd_device_get_driver_subsystem()</function> returns the connected bus type of the devices
+    loaded by the specified driver device record. For example, when <literal>iwlwifi</literal> driver device
+    is specified, which is used by the wireless network interfaces connected to PCI bus, this function returns
+    <literal>pci</literal>. This function only succeeds when <function>sd_device_get_subsystem()</function>
+    returns <literal>drivers</literal>. Example: <literal>pci</literal>, <literal>i2c</literal>, or
+    <literal>hid</literal>.</para>
+
     <para><function>sd_device_get_devtype()</function> returns the device type of the specified device
     record, if the subsystem manages multiple types of devices. Example: for devices of the
     <literal>block</literal> subsystem this can be <literal>disk</literal> or <literal>partition</literal>
@@ -206,6 +220,7 @@
     <function>sd_device_get_ifindex()</function>,
     <function>sd_device_get_driver()</function>, and
     <function>sd_device_get_diskseq()</function> were added in version 251.</para>
+    <para><function>sd_device_get_driver_subsystem()</function> was added in version 257.</para>
   </refsect1>
 
   <refsect1>
diff --git a/src/libsystemd/libsystemd.sym b/src/libsystemd/libsystemd.sym
index 50ef8096db0..e79c1a65d29 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/libsystemd.sym
+++ b/src/libsystemd/libsystemd.sym
@@ -1046,6 +1046,7 @@ global:
         sd_varlink_take_fd;
         sd_varlink_unref;
         sd_varlink_wait;
+        sd_device_get_driver_subsystem;
         sd_device_monitor_is_running;
         sd_device_monitor_get_fd;
         sd_device_monitor_receive;
diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-device/sd-device.c b/src/libsystemd/sd-device/sd-device.c
index 3d683fb2802..6dedfc43790 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-device/sd-device.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-device/sd-device.c
@@ -1198,6 +1198,20 @@ _public_ int sd_device_get_subsystem(sd_device *device, const char **ret) {
         return 0;
 }
 
+_public_ int sd_device_get_driver_subsystem(sd_device *device, const char **ret) {
+        assert_return(device, -EINVAL);
+
+        if (!device_in_subsystem(device, "drivers"))
+                return -ENOENT;
+
+        assert(device->driver_subsystem);
+
+        if (ret)
+                *ret = device->driver_subsystem;
+
+        return 0;
+}
+
 _public_ int sd_device_get_devtype(sd_device *device, const char **devtype) {
         int r;
 
diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-device/test-sd-device.c b/src/libsystemd/sd-device/test-sd-device.c
index 9fde1a08143..ae745ab3210 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-device/test-sd-device.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-device/test-sd-device.c
@@ -79,9 +79,11 @@ static void test_sd_device_one(sd_device *d) {
                                                * sd_device_new_from_device_id() may not work as expected. */
                 const char *name, *id;
 
-                if (streq(subsystem, "drivers"))
-                        name = strjoina(d->driver_subsystem, ":", sysname);
-                else
+                if (streq(subsystem, "drivers")) {
+                        const char *driver_subsystem;
+                        ASSERT_OK(sd_device_get_driver_subsystem(d, &driver_subsystem));
+                        name = strjoina(driver_subsystem, ":", sysname);
+                } else
                         name = sysname;
                 assert_se(sd_device_new_from_subsystem_sysname(&dev, subsystem, name) >= 0);
                 assert_se(sd_device_get_syspath(dev, &val) >= 0);
diff --git a/src/systemd/sd-device.h b/src/systemd/sd-device.h
index c84cc552029..86f90a1fd1d 100644
--- a/src/systemd/sd-device.h
+++ b/src/systemd/sd-device.h
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ int sd_device_get_parent_with_subsystem_devtype(sd_device *child, const char *su
 
 int sd_device_get_syspath(sd_device *device, const char **ret);
 int sd_device_get_subsystem(sd_device *device, const char **ret);
+int sd_device_get_driver_subsystem(sd_device *device, const char **ret);
 int sd_device_get_devtype(sd_device *device, const char **ret);
 int sd_device_get_devnum(sd_device *device, dev_t *devnum);
 int sd_device_get_ifindex(sd_device *device, int *ifindex);