diff --git a/filter_plugins/systemd_escape.py b/filter_plugins/systemd_escape.py
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+from functools import partial
+import re
+import subprocess
+
+from ansible.errors import AnsibleFilterError
+
+def systemd_escape(text, instance=False, mangle=False, path=False, suffix=None, template=None, unescape=False):
+    options_map = {
+        "instance": instance,
+        "mangle": mangle,
+        "path": path,
+        "unescape": unescape,
+    }
+    args_map = {
+        "suffix": suffix,
+        "template": template,
+    }
+    args = ["/usr/bin/env", "systemd-escape"] + [f"--{name}" for name, val in options_map.items() if val] + [f"--{name}={val}" for name, val in args_map.items() if val is not None] + [text]
+    result = subprocess.run(args, capture_output=True, text=True)
+    if result.returncode != 0:
+        raise AnsibleFilterError(re.sub('\u001b\\[.*?[@-~]', '', result.stderr.rstrip('\n')))
+    return result.stdout.rstrip('\n')
+
+class FilterModule(object):
+    def filters(self):
+        return {
+            'systemd_escape': systemd_escape,
+            'systemd_escape_mount': partial(systemd_escape, path=True, suffix='mount')
+        }
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    print(systemd_escape(sys.argv[1]))
+