diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/dlopen-deps.inc b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/dlopen-deps.inc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5fcaa4518d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/dlopen-deps.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+PACKAGEFUNCS =+ "package_generate_dlopen_deps"
+
+python package_generate_dlopen_deps() {
+    # https://systemd.io/ELF_DLOPEN_METADATA/
+
+    import struct, json
+
+    def extract_segment(filename, segment):
+        """
+        Return the named segment from the ELF.
+        """
+        import tempfile, subprocess
+
+        with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile() as f:
+            cmd = [d.getVar("OBJCOPY"), "--dump-section", f"{segment}={f.name}", filename]
+            subprocess.run(cmd, check=True)
+            return f.read()
+
+    def parse(buffer, is_little):
+        deps = []
+        offset = 0
+        while offset < len(buffer):
+            format = f"{'<' if is_little else '>'}iii"
+            name_size, desc_size, note_type = struct.unpack_from(format, buffer, offset)
+            offset += struct.calcsize(format)
+
+            format = f"{name_size}s0i{desc_size}s0i"
+            if note_type == 0x407c0c0a:
+                name_b, desc_b = struct.unpack_from(format, buffer, offset)
+                name = name_b.strip(b"\x00").decode("ascii")
+                if name == "FDO":
+                    desc = desc_b.strip(b"\x00").decode("utf-8")
+                    deps.append(*json.loads(desc))
+            offset += struct.calcsize(format)
+        return deps
+
+    dep_map = {
+        "required": "RDEPENDS",
+        "recommended": "RRECOMMENDS",
+        "suggested": "RSUGGESTS"
+    }
+
+    shlibs = oe.package.read_shlib_providers(d)
+
+    for pkg, files in pkgfiles.items():
+        # TODO: skip -dbg?
+        for f in files:
+            if cpath.islink(f):
+                continue
+
+            if f.endswith(".so") or ".so." in f:
+                try:
+                    elf = oe.qa.ELFFile(f)
+                    elf.open()
+                    for dep in parse(extract_segment(f, ".note.dlopen"), elf.isLittleEndian()):
+                        dependency = dep_map[dep["priority"]]
+                        for soname in dep["soname"]:
+                            if soname in shlibs:
+                                # TODO don't just take first
+                                package_deps = list(shlibs[soname].values())[0]
+                                bb.note(f"{pkg}: adding {dependency} via dlopen on {package_deps[0]}")
+                                d.appendVar(f"{dependency}:{pkg}", f" {package_deps[0]} (>= {package_deps[1]})")
+                            else:
+                                bb.warn(f"cannot find {soname}")
+                except oe.qa.NotELFFileError:
+                    pass
+}
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_256.6.bb b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_256.6.bb
index 68f15ab065d..17aae3a6ce4 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_256.6.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_256.6.bb
@@ -907,3 +907,5 @@ pkg_postinst:udev-hwdb () {
 pkg_prerm:udev-hwdb () {
 	rm -f $D${sysconfdir}/udev/hwdb.bin
 }
+
+require dlopen-deps.inc