diff --git a/src/libnm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.c b/src/libnm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.c
index 45d28fa945..c8bbc61d8b 100644
--- a/src/libnm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.c
+++ b/src/libnm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.c
@@ -643,6 +643,12 @@ nm_g_variant_singleton_aaLsvI(void)
     return _variant_singleton_get_array("a{sv}");
 }
 
+GVariant *
+nm_g_variant_singleton_ao(void)
+{
+    return _variant_singleton_get_array("o");
+}
+
 /*****************************************************************************/
 
 GHashTable *
diff --git a/src/libnm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.h b/src/libnm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.h
index f996b95691..d9c74c138a 100644
--- a/src/libnm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.h
+++ b/src/libnm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.h
@@ -1536,6 +1536,7 @@ GVariant *nm_g_variant_singleton_as(void);
 GVariant *nm_g_variant_singleton_aLsvI(void);
 GVariant *nm_g_variant_singleton_aLsaLsvII(void);
 GVariant *nm_g_variant_singleton_aaLsvI(void);
+GVariant *nm_g_variant_singleton_ao(void);
 
 static inline void
 nm_g_variant_unref_floating(GVariant *var)