diff --git a/man/sd_path_lookup.xml b/man/sd_path_lookup.xml
index fc6bac640c..8fe04ae8af 100644
--- a/man/sd_path_lookup.xml
+++ b/man/sd_path_lookup.xml
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
         <constant>SD_PATH_SEARCH_CONFIGURATION_FACTORY</constant>,
         <constant>SD_PATH_SEARCH_STATE_FACTORY</constant>,
         <constant>SD_PATH_SEARCH_CONFIGURATION</constant>,
+        <constant>SD_PATH_SEARCH_SYSCTL</constant>,
 
         <constant>SD_PATH_SYSTEMD_UTIL</constant>,
         <constant>SD_PATH_SYSTEMD_SYSTEM_UNIT</constant>,
diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-path/sd-path.c b/src/libsystemd/sd-path/sd-path.c
index 0096997135..e3877fff4a 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-path/sd-path.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-path/sd-path.c
@@ -683,7 +683,11 @@ static int get_search(uint64_t type, char ***ret) {
 
                 *ret = TAKE_PTR(l);
                 return 0;
-        }}
+        }
+
+        case SD_PATH_SEARCH_SYSCTL:
+                return strv_from_nulstr(ret, CONF_PATHS_NULSTR("sysctl.d"));
+        }
 
         return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 }
diff --git a/src/systemd/sd-path.h b/src/systemd/sd-path.h
index eb42e31a68..3199996011 100644
--- a/src/systemd/sd-path.h
+++ b/src/systemd/sd-path.h
@@ -129,6 +129,8 @@ __extension__ enum {
         SD_PATH_USER_CREDENTIAL_STORE_ENCRYPTED,
         SD_PATH_USER_SEARCH_CREDENTIAL_STORE_ENCRYPTED,
 
+        SD_PATH_SEARCH_SYSCTL,
+
         _SD_PATH_MAX,
         _SD_PATH_INVALID = UINT64_MAX
 };