diff --git a/libnm/libnm.ver b/libnm/libnm.ver
index 552e550646..baf1e06f86 100644
--- a/libnm/libnm.ver
+++ b/libnm/libnm.ver
@@ -1766,4 +1766,5 @@ global:
 	nm_keyfile_read;
 	nm_keyfile_warn_severity_get_type;
 	nm_keyfile_write;
+	nm_utils_print;
 } libnm_1_28_0;
diff --git a/libnm/nm-client.h b/libnm/nm-client.h
index 86e9486e29..befd454f96 100644
--- a/libnm/nm-client.h
+++ b/libnm/nm-client.h
@@ -480,6 +480,11 @@ void nm_client_dbus_set_property(NMClient *          client,
 NM_AVAILABLE_IN_1_24
 gboolean nm_client_dbus_set_property_finish(NMClient *client, GAsyncResult *result, GError **error);
 
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+NM_AVAILABLE_IN_1_30
+void nm_utils_print(int output_mode, const char *msg);
+
 G_END_DECLS
 
 #endif /* __NM_CLIENT_H__ */
diff --git a/libnm/nm-libnm-utils.c b/libnm/nm-libnm-utils.c
index 9c27f64de8..775aebf803 100644
--- a/libnm/nm-libnm-utils.c
+++ b/libnm/nm-libnm-utils.c
@@ -869,3 +869,42 @@ nm_utils_g_param_spec_is_default(const GParamSpec *pspec)
      * strictly asserts and only support argument types that we expect. */
     g_return_val_if_reached(FALSE);
 }
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+/**
+ * nm_utils_print:
+ * @output_mode: if 1 it uses g_print(). If 2, it uses g_printerr().
+ *   If 0, it uses either g_print() or g_printerr(), depending
+ *   on LIBNM_CLIENT_DEBUG (and the "stdout" flag).
+ * @msg: the message to print. The function does not append
+ *   a trailing newline.
+ *
+ * The only purpose of this function is to give access to g_print()
+ * or g_printerr() from pygobject. libnm can do debug logging by
+ * setting LIBNM_CLIENT_DEBUG and uses thereby g_printerr() or
+ * g_print(). A plain "print()" function in python is not in sync
+ * with these functions (it implements additional buffering). By
+ * using nm_utils_print(), the same logging mechanisms can be used.
+ *
+ * Since: 1.30
+ */
+void
+nm_utils_print(int output_mode, const char *msg)
+{
+    gboolean use_stdout;
+
+    g_return_if_fail(msg);
+
+    if (output_mode == 0) {
+        nml_dbus_log_enabled_full(NML_DBUS_LOG_LEVEL_ANY, &use_stdout);
+        output_mode = use_stdout ? 1 : 2;
+    }
+
+    if (output_mode == 1)
+        g_print("%s", msg);
+    else if (output_mode == 2)
+        g_printerr("%s", msg);
+    else
+        g_return_if_reached();
+}