diff --git a/man/sd_path_lookup.xml b/man/sd_path_lookup.xml
index fc6bac640c..9190e6b00a 100644
--- a/man/sd_path_lookup.xml
+++ b/man/sd_path_lookup.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
         <constant>SD_PATH_SYSTEM_STATE_FACTORY</constant>,
 
         <constant>SD_PATH_SYSTEM_CONFIGURATION</constant>,
+        <constant>SD_PATH_SYSTEM_SEARCH_CONFIGURATION</constant>,
         <constant>SD_PATH_SYSTEM_RUNTIME</constant>,
         <constant>SD_PATH_SYSTEM_RUNTIME_LOGS</constant>,
         <constant>SD_PATH_SYSTEM_STATE_PRIVATE</constant>,
diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-path/sd-path.c b/src/libsystemd/sd-path/sd-path.c
index 0096997135..b80b8ca68d 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-path/sd-path.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-path/sd-path.c
@@ -524,6 +524,9 @@ static int get_search(uint64_t type, char ***ret) {
 
         switch (type) {
 
+        case SD_PATH_SYSTEM_SEARCH_CONFIGURATION:
+                return strv_from_nulstr(ret, CONF_PATHS_NULSTR(""));
+
         case SD_PATH_SEARCH_BINARIES:
                 return search_from_environment(ret,
                                                NULL,
diff --git a/src/path/path-tool.c b/src/path/path-tool.c
index 3dc31832b3..227468dfe8 100644
--- a/src/path/path-tool.c
+++ b/src/path/path-tool.c
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ static const char* const path_table[_SD_PATH_MAX] = {
         [SD_PATH_TEMPORARY]                                   = "temporary",
         [SD_PATH_TEMPORARY_LARGE]                             = "temporary-large",
 
+        [SD_PATH_SYSTEM_SEARCH_CONFIGURATION]                 = "system-search-configuration",
+
         [SD_PATH_SYSTEM_BINARIES]                             = "system-binaries",
         [SD_PATH_SYSTEM_INCLUDE]                              = "system-include",
         [SD_PATH_SYSTEM_LIBRARY_PRIVATE]                      = "system-library-private",
diff --git a/src/systemd/sd-path.h b/src/systemd/sd-path.h
index eb42e31a68..2718cf8266 100644
--- a/src/systemd/sd-path.h
+++ b/src/systemd/sd-path.h
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ __extension__ enum {
         SD_PATH_SYSTEM_STATE_CACHE,
         SD_PATH_SYSTEM_STATE_SPOOL,
 
+        /* generic system configuration */
+        SD_PATH_SYSTEM_SEARCH_CONFIGURATION,
+
         /* Vendor supplied data */
         SD_PATH_USER_BINARIES,
         SD_PATH_USER_LIBRARY_PRIVATE,
diff --git a/test/units/TEST-74-AUX-UTILS.path.sh b/test/units/TEST-74-AUX-UTILS.path.sh
index 79056a5b2b..4547f53e24 100755
--- a/test/units/TEST-74-AUX-UTILS.path.sh
+++ b/test/units/TEST-74-AUX-UTILS.path.sh
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ assert_eq "$(systemd-path --suffix='' system-runtime)" "/run"
 assert_eq "$(systemd-path --suffix='🤔' system-runtime)" "/run/🤔"
 assert_eq "$(systemd-path --suffix=hello system-runtime)" "/run/hello"
 
+assert_eq "$(systemd-path system-search-configuration --suffix=sysctl.d)" "/etc/sysctl.d:/run/sysctl.d:/usr/local/lib/sysctl.d:/usr/lib/sysctl.d"
+
 # Note for the stuff below: everything defaults to $HOME, only the desktop
 # directory defaults to $HOME/Desktop.
 #