diff --git a/src/locale/localed-util.c b/src/locale/localed-util.c
index 7ff8676761e..d43ee48e12f 100644
--- a/src/locale/localed-util.c
+++ b/src/locale/localed-util.c
@@ -298,27 +298,7 @@ int vconsole_write_data(Context *c) {
         if (r < 0 && r != -ENOENT)
                 return r;
 
-        r = strv_env_assign(&l, "KEYMAP", empty_to_null(c->vc.keymap));
-        if (r < 0)
-                return r;
-
-        r = strv_env_assign(&l, "KEYMAP_TOGGLE", empty_to_null(c->vc.toggle));
-        if (r < 0)
-                return r;
-
-        r = strv_env_assign(&l, "XKBLAYOUT", empty_to_null(xc->layout));
-        if (r < 0)
-                return r;
-
-        r = strv_env_assign(&l, "XKBMODEL", empty_to_null(xc->model));
-        if (r < 0)
-                return r;
-
-        r = strv_env_assign(&l, "XKBVARIANT", empty_to_null(xc->variant));
-        if (r < 0)
-                return r;
-
-        r = strv_env_assign(&l, "XKBOPTIONS", empty_to_null(xc->options));
+        r = vconsole_serialize(&c->vc, xc, &l);
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
 
diff --git a/src/shared/vconsole-util.c b/src/shared/vconsole-util.c
index 080d2802b4f..ce7d54d7e81 100644
--- a/src/shared/vconsole-util.c
+++ b/src/shared/vconsole-util.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later */
 
+#include "env-util.h"
 #include "fd-util.h"
 #include "fileio.h"
 #include "kbd-util.h"
@@ -570,3 +571,39 @@ int find_language_fallback(const char *lang, char **ret) {
                 }
         }
 }
+
+int vconsole_serialize(const VCContext *vc, const X11Context *xc, char ***env) {
+        int r;
+
+        /* This function modifies the passed strv in place. */
+
+        assert(vc);
+        assert(xc);
+        assert(env);
+
+        r = strv_env_assign(env, "KEYMAP", empty_to_null(vc->keymap));
+        if (r < 0)
+                return r;
+
+        r = strv_env_assign(env, "KEYMAP_TOGGLE", empty_to_null(vc->toggle));
+        if (r < 0)
+                return r;
+
+        r = strv_env_assign(env, "XKBLAYOUT", empty_to_null(xc->layout));
+        if (r < 0)
+                return r;
+
+        r = strv_env_assign(env, "XKBMODEL", empty_to_null(xc->model));
+        if (r < 0)
+                return r;
+
+        r = strv_env_assign(env, "XKBVARIANT", empty_to_null(xc->variant));
+        if (r < 0)
+                return r;
+
+        r = strv_env_assign(env, "XKBOPTIONS", empty_to_null(xc->options));
+        if (r < 0)
+                return r;
+
+        return 0;
+}
diff --git a/src/shared/vconsole-util.h b/src/shared/vconsole-util.h
index 2212a90ed62..c9acc97b298 100644
--- a/src/shared/vconsole-util.h
+++ b/src/shared/vconsole-util.h
@@ -38,3 +38,5 @@ typedef int (*X11VerifyCallback)(const X11Context *xc);
 
 int vconsole_convert_to_x11(const VCContext *vc, X11VerifyCallback verify, X11Context *ret);
 int x11_convert_to_vconsole(const X11Context *xc, VCContext *ret);
+
+int vconsole_serialize(const VCContext *vc, const X11Context *xc, char ***ret);