diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/bus-objects.c b/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/bus-objects.c
index ad66d634d7e..6abac8822c6 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/bus-objects.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/bus-objects.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ static int node_vtable_get_userdata(
 static void *vtable_method_convert_userdata(const sd_bus_vtable *p, void *u) {
         assert(p);
 
-        if (!u)
+        if (!u || FLAGS_SET(p->flags, SD_BUS_VTABLE_ABSOLUTE_OFFSET))
                 return SIZE_TO_PTR(p->x.method.offset); /* don't add offset on NULL, to make ubsan happy */
 
         return (uint8_t*) u + p->x.method.offset;
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ static void *vtable_method_convert_userdata(const sd_bus_vtable *p, void *u) {
 static void *vtable_property_convert_userdata(const sd_bus_vtable *p, void *u) {
         assert(p);
 
-        if (!u)
+        if (!u || FLAGS_SET(p->flags, SD_BUS_VTABLE_ABSOLUTE_OFFSET))
                 return SIZE_TO_PTR(p->x.property.offset); /* as above */
 
         return (uint8_t*) u + p->x.property.offset;
diff --git a/src/systemd/sd-bus-vtable.h b/src/systemd/sd-bus-vtable.h
index f2423ba456a..b10a3e04bc3 100644
--- a/src/systemd/sd-bus-vtable.h
+++ b/src/systemd/sd-bus-vtable.h
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ enum {
         SD_BUS_VTABLE_PROPERTY_EMITS_INVALIDATION  = 1ULL << 6,
         SD_BUS_VTABLE_PROPERTY_EXPLICIT            = 1ULL << 7,
         SD_BUS_VTABLE_SENSITIVE                    = 1ULL << 8, /* covers both directions: method call + reply */
+        SD_BUS_VTABLE_ABSOLUTE_OFFSET              = 1ULL << 9,
         _SD_BUS_VTABLE_CAPABILITY_MASK             = 0xFFFFULL << 40
 };