diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-netlink/sd-netlink.c b/src/libsystemd/sd-netlink/sd-netlink.c
index 21a65e4dac..898f11d1ab 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-netlink/sd-netlink.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-netlink/sd-netlink.c
@@ -761,6 +761,12 @@ int sd_netlink_detach_event(sd_netlink *nl) {
         return 0;
 }
 
+sd_event* sd_netlink_get_event(sd_netlink *nl) {
+        assert_return(nl, NULL);
+
+        return nl->event;
+}
+
 int netlink_add_match_internal(
                 sd_netlink *nl,
                 sd_netlink_slot **ret_slot,
diff --git a/src/systemd/sd-netlink.h b/src/systemd/sd-netlink.h
index 7edfeb7687..4119c453fb 100644
--- a/src/systemd/sd-netlink.h
+++ b/src/systemd/sd-netlink.h
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ int sd_netlink_add_match(sd_netlink *nl, sd_netlink_slot **ret_slot, uint16_t ma
 
 int sd_netlink_attach_event(sd_netlink *nl, sd_event *e, int64_t priority);
 int sd_netlink_detach_event(sd_netlink *nl);
+sd_event* sd_netlink_get_event(sd_netlink *nl);
 int sd_netlink_attach_filter(sd_netlink *nl, size_t len, const struct sock_filter *filter);
 
 /* Message construction */