diff --git a/src/core/dbus-execute.c b/src/core/dbus-execute.c
index 20fefde62e9..e93db5504af 100644
--- a/src/core/dbus-execute.c
+++ b/src/core/dbus-execute.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include "af-list.h"
 #include "namespace.h"
 #include "path-util.h"
+#include "utf8.h"
 #include "dbus-execute.h"
 
 #ifdef HAVE_SECCOMP
@@ -1285,6 +1286,56 @@ int bus_exec_context_set_transient_property(
 
                 return 1;
 
+        } else if (STR_IN_SET(name, "ReadWriteDirectories", "ReadOnlyDirectories", "InaccessibleDirectories")) {
+
+                _cleanup_strv_free_ char **l = NULL;
+                char ***dirs;
+                char **p;
+
+                r = sd_bus_message_read_strv(message, &l);
+                if (r < 0)
+                        return r;
+
+                STRV_FOREACH(p, l) {
+                        int offset;
+                        if (!utf8_is_valid(*p))
+                                return sd_bus_error_setf(error, SD_BUS_ERROR_INVALID_ARGS, "Invalid %s", name);
+
+                        offset = **p == '-';
+                        if (!path_is_absolute(*p + offset))
+                                return sd_bus_error_setf(error, SD_BUS_ERROR_INVALID_ARGS, "Invalid %s", name);
+                }
+
+                if (mode != UNIT_CHECK) {
+                        _cleanup_free_ char *joined = NULL;
+
+                        if (streq(name, "ReadWriteDirectories"))
+                                dirs = &c->read_write_dirs;
+                        else if (streq(name, "ReadOnlyDirectories"))
+                                dirs = &c->read_only_dirs;
+                        else if (streq(name, "InaccessibleDirectories"))
+                                dirs = &c->inaccessible_dirs;
+
+                        if (strv_length(l) == 0) {
+                                *dirs = strv_free(*dirs);
+                                unit_write_drop_in_private_format(u, mode, name, "%s=\n", name);
+                        } else {
+                                r = strv_extend_strv(dirs, l, true);
+
+                                if (r < 0)
+                                        return -ENOMEM;
+
+                                joined = strv_join_quoted(*dirs);
+                                if (!joined)
+                                        return -ENOMEM;
+
+                                unit_write_drop_in_private_format(u, mode, name, "%s=%s\n", name, joined);
+                        }
+
+                }
+
+                return 1;
+
         } else if (rlimit_from_string(name) >= 0) {
                 uint64_t rl;
                 rlim_t x;
diff --git a/src/shared/bus-util.c b/src/shared/bus-util.c
index 044862199b5..9c4d6a2da0a 100644
--- a/src/shared/bus-util.c
+++ b/src/shared/bus-util.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include "signal-util.h"
 #include "strv.h"
 #include "unit-name.h"
+#include "utf8.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
 #include "bus-util.h"
@@ -1728,6 +1729,55 @@ int bus_append_unit_property_assignment(sd_bus_message *m, const char *assignmen
                 }
 
                 r = sd_bus_message_append(m, "v", "i", oa);
+        } else if (STR_IN_SET(field, "ReadWriteDirectories", "ReadOnlyDirectories", "InaccessibleDirectories")) {
+                const char *p;
+
+                r = sd_bus_message_open_container(m, 'v', "as");
+                if (r < 0)
+                        return bus_log_create_error(r);
+
+                r = sd_bus_message_open_container(m, 'a', "s");
+                if (r < 0)
+                        return bus_log_create_error(r);
+
+                p = eq;
+
+                for (;;) {
+                        _cleanup_free_ char *word = NULL;
+                        int offset;
+
+                        r = extract_first_word(&p, &word, NULL, EXTRACT_QUOTES);
+                        if (r < 0) {
+                                log_error("Failed to parse %s value %s", field, eq);
+                                return -EINVAL;
+                        }
+                        if (r == 0)
+                                break;
+
+                        if (!utf8_is_valid(word)) {
+                                log_error("Failed to parse %s value %s", field, eq);
+                                return -EINVAL;
+                        }
+
+                        offset = word[0] == '-';
+                        if (!path_is_absolute(word + offset)) {
+                                log_error("Failed to parse %s value %s", field, eq);
+                                return -EINVAL;
+                        }
+
+                        path_kill_slashes(word + offset);
+
+                        r = sd_bus_message_append_basic(m, 's', word);
+                        if (r < 0)
+                                return bus_log_create_error(r);
+                }
+
+                r = sd_bus_message_close_container(m);
+                if (r < 0)
+                        return bus_log_create_error(r);
+
+                r = sd_bus_message_close_container(m);
+
         } else {
                 log_error("Unknown assignment %s.", assignment);
                 return -EINVAL;