diff --git a/src/pipewire/properties.c b/src/pipewire/properties.c
index 74b5aa92a..eb0fe06e9 100644
--- a/src/pipewire/properties.c
+++ b/src/pipewire/properties.c
@@ -718,3 +718,61 @@ int pw_properties_move(struct pw_properties *dst, const char *dst_key,
 		return do_replace(dst, dst_key, (char *) fallback_value, true);
 	}
 }
+
+/** Extract a value from a property list
+ *
+ * \param properties a \ref pw_properties object
+ * \param key key in \a properties
+ * \return a pointer to the value corresponding to \a key
+ *         or NULL if \a key cannot be found
+ *
+ * This function tries to find \a key in \a properties. If it cannot be found,
+ * then NULL is returned. Otherwise, the key-value pair is removed from the
+ * property list and the value is returned. It is the caller's responsibility
+ * to free the returned string with `free()`, et al.
+ *
+ * \since 0.3.31
+ */
+SPA_EXPORT
+char *pw_properties_steal(struct pw_properties *properties, const char *key)
+{
+	spa_assert(properties);
+	spa_assert(key);
+
+	struct spa_dict_item *item = find_item(properties, key);
+	char *value;
+
+	if (item == NULL)
+		return NULL;
+
+	value = (char *) item->value;
+	free((char *) item->key);
+
+	remove_item(properties, item);
+
+	return value;
+}
+
+/** Insert a value into a property list
+ *
+ * \param properties a \ref pw_properties object
+ * \param key key in \a properties
+ * \return 1 if \a properties were changed,
+ *         0 if nothing was changed because the property already existed with the same value
+ *
+ * This function is similar to \ref pw_properties_set except that it takes
+ * ownership of \a value. \a value must be a pointer appropriate for passing to `free()`.
+ * If \a key is already present in \a properties with \a value value, then
+ * \a value is freed.
+ *
+ * \since 0.3.31
+ */
+SPA_EXPORT
+int pw_properties_gift(struct pw_properties *properties, const char *key, char *value)
+{
+	spa_assert(properties);
+	spa_assert(key);
+	spa_assert(value);
+
+	return do_replace(properties, key, value, false);
+}
diff --git a/src/pipewire/properties.h b/src/pipewire/properties.h
index 925bb57ab..30f627e9c 100644
--- a/src/pipewire/properties.h
+++ b/src/pipewire/properties.h
@@ -108,6 +108,12 @@ pw_properties_move(struct pw_properties *dst, const char *dst_key,
 		   struct pw_properties *src, const char *src_key,
 		   const char *fallback_value);
 
+char *
+pw_properties_steal(struct pw_properties *properties, const char *key);
+
+int
+pw_properties_gift(struct pw_properties *properties, const char *key, char *value);
+
 static inline bool pw_properties_parse_bool(const char *value) {
 	return spa_atob(value);
 }
diff --git a/test/test-properties.c b/test/test-properties.c
index 682693b23..1c5bf9e74 100644
--- a/test/test-properties.c
+++ b/test/test-properties.c
@@ -683,6 +683,41 @@ PWTEST(properties_move)
 	return PWTEST_PASS;
 }
 
+PWTEST(properties_steal_gift)
+{
+	struct pw_properties *a = pw_properties_new(NULL, NULL),
+			     *b = pw_properties_new(NULL, NULL);
+	char *v1, *v2;
+
+	pwtest_ptr_notnull(a);
+	pwtest_ptr_notnull(b);
+
+	pwtest_int_eq(pw_properties_set(a, "a1", "value1"), 1);
+	pwtest_int_eq(pw_properties_set(a, "a2", "value2"), 1);
+	pwtest_int_eq(pw_properties_set(a, "a3", "value3"), 1);
+	pwtest_int_eq(pw_properties_set(a, "a4", "value4"), 1);
+
+	pwtest_str_eq(pw_properties_steal(a, "a5"), NULL);
+
+	v1 = pw_properties_steal(a, "a2");
+	pwtest_str_eq(v1, "value2");
+	pwtest_ptr_null(pw_properties_get(a, "a2"));
+
+	v2 = strdup(v1);
+	pwtest_ptr_notnull(v2);
+
+	pwtest_int_eq(pw_properties_gift(b, "b3", v1), 1);
+	pwtest_str_eq(pw_properties_get(b, "b3"), "value2");
+
+	pwtest_int_eq(pw_properties_gift(b, "b3", v2), 0);
+	pwtest_str_eq(pw_properties_get(b, "b3"), "value2");
+
+	pw_properties_free(a);
+	pw_properties_free(b);
+
+	return PWTEST_PASS;
+}
+
 PWTEST_SUITE(properties)
 {
 	pwtest_add(properties_abi, PWTEST_NOARG);
@@ -703,6 +738,7 @@ PWTEST_SUITE(properties)
 	pwtest_add(properties_new_json, PWTEST_NOARG);
 	pwtest_add(properties_update, PWTEST_NOARG);
 	pwtest_add(properties_move, PWTEST_NOARG);
+	pwtest_add(properties_steal_gift, PWTEST_NOARG);
 
 	return PWTEST_PASS;
 }