1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/bus-kernel.c b/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/bus-kernel.c
index 977a7cda40..00f58114ac 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/bus-kernel.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-bus/bus-kernel.c
@@ -1378,7 +1378,7 @@ static void bus_kernel_translate_policy(const BusNamePolicy *policy, struct kdbu
         }
 }
 
-int bus_kernel_create_starter(const char *bus, const char *name, bool accept_fd, BusNamePolicy *policy) {
+int bus_kernel_create_starter(const char *bus, const char *name, bool activating, bool accept_fd, BusNamePolicy *policy) {
         struct kdbus_cmd_hello *hello;
         struct kdbus_item *n;
         size_t policy_cnt = 0;
@@ -1420,7 +1420,9 @@ int bus_kernel_create_starter(const char *bus, const char *name, bool accept_fd,
         }
 
         hello->size = size;
-        hello->conn_flags = KDBUS_HELLO_ACTIVATOR | (accept_fd ? KDBUS_HELLO_ACCEPT_FD : 0);
+        hello->conn_flags =
+                (activating ? KDBUS_HELLO_ACTIVATOR : KDBUS_HELLO_POLICY_HOLDER) |
+                (accept_fd ? KDBUS_HELLO_ACCEPT_FD : 0);
         hello->pool_size = KDBUS_POOL_SIZE;
         hello->attach_flags = _KDBUS_ATTACH_ALL;