diff --git a/spa/plugins/support/dbus.c b/spa/plugins/support/dbus.c
index 137ac6c26..a6b5e58e8 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/support/dbus.c
+++ b/spa/plugins/support/dbus.c
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@
 #include <spa/support/plugin.h>
 #include <spa/support/dbus.h>
 
-#define NAME "dbus"
+static struct spa_log_topic log_topic = SPA_LOG_TOPIC(0, "spa.dbus");
+#undef SPA_LOG_TOPIC_DEFAULT
+#define SPA_LOG_TOPIC_DEFAULT &log_topic
 
 struct impl {
 	struct spa_handle handle;
@@ -524,6 +526,8 @@ impl_init(const struct spa_handle_factory *factory,
 			&impl_dbus, this);
 
 	this->log = spa_support_find(support, n_support, SPA_TYPE_INTERFACE_Log);
+	spa_log_topic_init(this->log, &log_topic);
+
 	this->utils = spa_support_find(support, n_support, SPA_TYPE_INTERFACE_LoopUtils);
 
 	if (this->utils == NULL) {
@@ -531,7 +535,7 @@ impl_init(const struct spa_handle_factory *factory,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	spa_log_debug(this->log, NAME " %p: initialized", this);
+	spa_log_debug(this->log, "%p: initialized", this);
 
 	return 0;
 }