diff -up yum-utils-1.1.31/docs/needs-restarting.1.orig yum-utils-1.1.31/docs/needs-restarting.1
--- yum-utils-1.1.31/docs/needs-restarting.1.orig	2016-08-04 12:22:33.765295008 +0200
+++ yum-utils-1.1.31/docs/needs-restarting.1	2016-08-04 12:24:52.076356702 +0200
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ Display a help message, and then quit.
 Show processes for my userid only.
 .IP "\fB\-r, \-\-reboothint\fP"
 Only report whether a full reboot is required (returns 1) or not (returns 0).
+.IP "\fB\-s, \-\-services\fP"
+List the affected systemd services only.
 
 .PP
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
diff -up yum-utils-1.1.31/needs-restarting.py.orig yum-utils-1.1.31/needs-restarting.py
--- yum-utils-1.1.31/needs-restarting.py.orig	2016-08-04 12:22:15.914287046 +0200
+++ yum-utils-1.1.31/needs-restarting.py	2016-08-04 12:24:22.235343391 +0200
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ def parseargs(args):
     parser.add_option("-r", "--reboothint", default=False, action="store_true",
       help=('only report whether a full reboot is required (returns 1) or not '
             '(returns 0)'))
+    parser.add_option("-s", "--services", default=False, action="store_true",
+      help='list the affected systemd services only')
     
     (opts, args) = parser.parse_args(args)
     return (opts, args)
@@ -106,6 +108,31 @@ def get_open_files(pid):
             files.append(filename)
     return files
 
+def get_service(pid):
+    """Return the systemd service to which the process belongs.
+
+    More details:
+    http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/systemd-for-admins-2.html
+    https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/FrequentlyAskedQuestions/
+    """
+
+    fname = '/proc/%s/cgroup' % pid
+    try:
+        with open(fname, 'r') as f:
+            groups = f.readlines()
+    except (IOError, OSError), e:
+        print >>sys.stderr, "Could not open %s" % fname
+        return None
+
+    for line in groups:
+        line = line.replace('\n', '')
+        hid, hsub, cgroup = line.split(':')
+        if hsub == 'name=systemd':
+            name = cgroup.split('/')[-1]
+            if name.endswith('.service'):
+                return name
+    return None
+
 def main(args):
     (opts, args)  = parseargs(args)
 
@@ -189,6 +216,13 @@ def main(args):
 
            
             
+    if opts.services:
+        names = set([get_service(pid) for pid in needing_restart])
+        for name in names:
+            if name is not None:
+                print name
+        return 0
+
     for pid in needing_restart:
         try:
             cmdline = open('/proc/' +pid+ '/cmdline', 'r').read()