diff --git a/src/daemon/utils.c b/src/daemon/utils.c
index 975f6b3e..c1254346 100644
--- a/src/daemon/utils.c
+++ b/src/daemon/utils.c
@@ -18,6 +18,20 @@
 
 #include "utils.h"
 
+char *
+deployment_generate_id (OstreeDeployment *deployment)
+{
+  const char *osname;
+  guint hash;
+
+  g_return_val_if_fail (OSTREE_IS_DEPLOYMENT (deployment), NULL);
+
+  osname = ostree_deployment_get_osname (deployment);
+  hash = ostree_deployment_hash (deployment);
+
+  return g_strdup_printf ("%s_%u", osname, hash);
+}
+
 static gboolean
 handle_cancel_cb (RPMOSTreeTransaction *transaction,
                   GDBusMethodInvocation *invocation,
diff --git a/src/daemon/utils.h b/src/daemon/utils.h
index 764a6aef..5cffadb9 100644
--- a/src/daemon/utils.h
+++ b/src/daemon/utils.h
@@ -18,8 +18,12 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
+#include <ostree.h>
+
 #include "types.h"
 
+char * deployment_generate_id (OstreeDeployment *deployment);
+
 RPMOSTreeTransaction * new_transaction (GDBusMethodInvocation *invocation,
                                         GCancellable *method_cancellable,
                                         GError **error);