diff --git a/modules/module-dbus-connection.c b/modules/module-dbus-connection.c
index b337be5e..4d5dfb44 100644
--- a/modules/module-dbus-connection.c
+++ b/modules/module-dbus-connection.c
@@ -255,10 +255,19 @@ wp_dbus_connection_class_init (WpDBusConnectionClass * klass)
 WP_PLUGIN_EXPORT GObject *
 wireplumber__module_init (WpCore * core, WpSpaJson * args, GError ** error)
 {
+  g_autofree gchar *plugin_name = NULL;
+  gboolean is_system_bus = FALSE;
+
+  if (args)
+    wp_spa_json_object_get (args,
+        "plugin.name", "s", &plugin_name,
+        "bus.system", "b", &is_system_bus,
+        NULL);
+
   return G_OBJECT (g_object_new (
       wp_dbus_connection_get_type(),
-      "name", "dbus-connection",
+      "name", plugin_name ? plugin_name : "dbus-connection",
       "core", core,
-      "bus-type", G_BUS_TYPE_SESSION,
+      "bus-type", is_system_bus ? G_BUS_TYPE_SYSTEM : G_BUS_TYPE_SESSION,
       NULL));
 }
diff --git a/src/config/wireplumber.conf b/src/config/wireplumber.conf
index 337e1950..be30851a 100644
--- a/src/config/wireplumber.conf
+++ b/src/config/wireplumber.conf
@@ -265,9 +265,17 @@ wireplumber.components = [
   ## The shared D-Bus connection
   {
     name = libwireplumber-module-dbus-connection, type = module
+    arguments = { plugin.name = dbus-connection, bus.system = false }
     provides = support.dbus
   }
 
+  ## The shared system D-Bus connection
+  {
+    name = libwireplumber-module-dbus-connection, type = module
+    arguments = { plugin.name = system-dbus-connection, bus.system = true }
+    provides = support.system-dbus
+  }
+
   ## Module managing the portal permissions
   {
     name = libwireplumber-module-portal-permissionstore, type = module