diff --git a/src/basic/path-util.c b/src/basic/path-util.c
index 570f88627d6..b6bcf06b510 100644
--- a/src/basic/path-util.c
+++ b/src/basic/path-util.c
@@ -207,6 +207,18 @@ int path_make_relative(const char *from_dir, const char *to_path, char **_r) {
         return 0;
 }
 
+char* path_startswith_strv(const char *p, char **set) {
+        char **s, *t;
+
+        STRV_FOREACH(s, set) {
+                t = path_startswith(p, *s);
+                if (t)
+                        return t;
+        }
+
+        return NULL;
+}
+
 int path_strv_make_absolute_cwd(char **l) {
         char **s;
         int r;
diff --git a/src/basic/path-util.h b/src/basic/path-util.h
index 4a1ed0a1a8b..9d0bca3ef47 100644
--- a/src/basic/path-util.h
+++ b/src/basic/path-util.h
@@ -71,17 +71,8 @@ static inline bool path_equal_ptr(const char *a, const char *b) {
                 _found;                                         \
         })
 
-#define PATH_STARTSWITH_SET(p, ...)                             \
-        ({                                                      \
-                const char *_p = (p);                           \
-                char *_found = NULL, **_i;                      \
-                STRV_FOREACH(_i, STRV_MAKE(__VA_ARGS__)) {      \
-                        _found = path_startswith(_p, *_i);      \
-                        if (_found)                             \
-                                break;                          \
-                }                                               \
-                _found;                                         \
-        })
+char* path_startswith_strv(const char *p, char **set);
+#define PATH_STARTSWITH_SET(p, ...) path_startswith_strv(p, STRV_MAKE(__VA_ARGS__))
 
 int path_strv_make_absolute_cwd(char **l);
 char** path_strv_resolve(char **l, const char *root);
diff --git a/src/test/test-path-util.c b/src/test/test-path-util.c
index 21ef552d46b..ece3eb427c3 100644
--- a/src/test/test-path-util.c
+++ b/src/test/test-path-util.c
@@ -634,6 +634,28 @@ static void test_path_startswith_set(void) {
         assert_se(streq_ptr(PATH_STARTSWITH_SET("/foo2/bar", "/foo/quux", "", "/zzz"), NULL));
 }
 
+static void test_path_startswith_strv(void) {
+        log_info("/* %s */", __func__);
+
+        assert_se(streq_ptr(path_startswith_strv("/foo/bar", STRV_MAKE("/foo/quux", "/foo/bar", "/zzz")), ""));
+        assert_se(streq_ptr(path_startswith_strv("/foo/bar", STRV_MAKE("/foo/quux", "/foo/", "/zzz")), "bar"));
+        assert_se(streq_ptr(path_startswith_strv("/foo/bar", STRV_MAKE("/foo/quux", "/foo", "/zzz")), "bar"));
+        assert_se(streq_ptr(path_startswith_strv("/foo/bar", STRV_MAKE("/foo/quux", "/", "/zzz")), "foo/bar"));
+        assert_se(streq_ptr(path_startswith_strv("/foo/bar", STRV_MAKE("/foo/quux", "", "/zzz")), NULL));
+
+        assert_se(streq_ptr(path_startswith_strv("/foo/bar2", STRV_MAKE("/foo/quux", "/foo/bar", "/zzz")), NULL));
+        assert_se(streq_ptr(path_startswith_strv("/foo/bar2", STRV_MAKE("/foo/quux", "/foo/", "/zzz")), "bar2"));
+        assert_se(streq_ptr(path_startswith_strv("/foo/bar2", STRV_MAKE("/foo/quux", "/foo", "/zzz")), "bar2"));
+        assert_se(streq_ptr(path_startswith_strv("/foo/bar2", STRV_MAKE("/foo/quux", "/", "/zzz")), "foo/bar2"));
+        assert_se(streq_ptr(path_startswith_strv("/foo/bar2", STRV_MAKE("/foo/quux", "", "/zzz")), NULL));
+
+        assert_se(streq_ptr(path_startswith_strv("/foo2/bar", STRV_MAKE("/foo/quux", "/foo/bar", "/zzz")), NULL));
+        assert_se(streq_ptr(path_startswith_strv("/foo2/bar", STRV_MAKE("/foo/quux", "/foo/", "/zzz")), NULL));
+        assert_se(streq_ptr(path_startswith_strv("/foo2/bar", STRV_MAKE("/foo/quux", "/foo", "/zzz")), NULL));
+        assert_se(streq_ptr(path_startswith_strv("/foo2/bar", STRV_MAKE("/foo/quux", "/", "/zzz")), "foo2/bar"));
+        assert_se(streq_ptr(path_startswith_strv("/foo2/bar", STRV_MAKE("/foo/quux", "", "/zzz")), NULL));
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         test_setup_logging(LOG_DEBUG);
 
@@ -655,6 +677,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         test_skip_dev_prefix();
         test_empty_or_root();
         test_path_startswith_set();
+        test_path_startswith_strv();
 
         test_systemd_installation_has_version(argv[1]); /* NULL is OK */