diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 74ffe366..df954cf4 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-07-24  Richard Hughes  <richard@hughsie.com>
+
+	* bus/system.conf.in:
+	Add new servicehelper fields to the default system.conf file.
+
 2007-07-24  Richard Hughes  <richard@hughsie.com>
 
 	* bus/config-parser-trivial.c: (service_dirs_find_dir),
diff --git a/bus/system.conf.in b/bus/system.conf.in
index 287efc9f..bb468bb9 100644
--- a/bus/system.conf.in
+++ b/bus/system.conf.in
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@
   <!-- Fork into daemon mode -->
   <fork/>
 
+  <!-- We use system service launching using a helper -->
+  <standard_system_servicedirs/>
+
+  <!-- This is a setuid helper that is used to launch system services -->
+  <servicehelper>@DBUS_LIBEXECDIR@/dbus-daemon-launch-helper</servicehelper>
+
   <!-- Write a pid file -->
   <pidfile>@DBUS_SYSTEM_PID_FILE@</pidfile>