diff --git a/legacy/edbus/src/lib/edbus_message_eina_value.h b/legacy/edbus/src/lib/edbus_message_eina_value.h
index 1875166d06..a57c1f72b6 100644
--- a/legacy/edbus/src/lib/edbus_message_eina_value.h
+++ b/legacy/edbus/src/lib/edbus_message_eina_value.h
@@ -12,6 +12,15 @@
  */
 EAPI Eina_Value *edbus_message_to_eina_value(const EDBus_Message *msg) EINA_ARG_NONNULL(1) EINA_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
 
+/**
+ * Convert EDBus_Message_Iter of type variant, struct or dict entry to
+ * Eina_Value.
+ *
+ * @param iter Message iterator
+ * @return Eina_Value of type Eina_Value_Type_Struct
+ */
+EAPI Eina_Value *edbus_message_iter_struct_like_to_eina_value(const EDBus_Message_Iter *iter);
+
 /**
  * Convert Eina_Value to EDBus_Message
  *
diff --git a/legacy/edbus/src/lib/edbus_message_to_eina_value.c b/legacy/edbus/src/lib/edbus_message_to_eina_value.c
index 8c302d4753..caee35dedd 100644
--- a/legacy/edbus/src/lib/edbus_message_to_eina_value.c
+++ b/legacy/edbus/src/lib/edbus_message_to_eina_value.c
@@ -441,3 +441,10 @@ edbus_message_to_eina_value(const EDBus_Message *msg)
    EINA_SAFETY_ON_NULL_RETURN_VAL(iter, NULL);
    return _message_iter_struct_to_eina_value(iter);
 }
+
+EAPI Eina_Value *
+edbus_message_iter_struct_like_to_eina_value(const EDBus_Message_Iter *iter)
+{
+   EINA_SAFETY_ON_NULL_RETURN_VAL(iter, NULL);
+   return _message_iter_struct_to_eina_value((EDBus_Message_Iter *)iter);
+}