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diff --git a/src/basic/user-util.h b/src/basic/user-util.h
index 4496f58ba3..11ff6674cf 100644
--- a/src/basic/user-util.h
+++ b/src/basic/user-util.h
@@ -54,3 +54,14 @@ int get_shell(char **_ret);
int reset_uid_gid(void);
int take_etc_passwd_lock(const char *root);
+
+#define UID_INVALID ((uid_t) -1)
+#define GID_INVALID ((gid_t) -1)
+
+/* The following macros add 1 when converting things, since UID 0 is a
+ * valid UID, while the pointer NULL is special */
+#define PTR_TO_UID(p) ((uid_t) (((uintptr_t) (p))-1))
+#define UID_TO_PTR(u) ((void*) (((uintptr_t) (u))+1))
+
+#define PTR_TO_GID(p) ((gid_t) (((uintptr_t) (p))-1))
+#define GID_TO_PTR(u) ((void*) (((uintptr_t) (u))+1))