diff --git a/org.gnome.Geary.json b/org.gnome.Geary.json
index 573fe42e..39aa1e21 100644
--- a/org.gnome.Geary.json
+++ b/org.gnome.Geary.json
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
         "--talk-name=org.gnome.Settings",
         "--talk-name=org.gnome.OnlineAccounts",
         "--talk-name=org.gnome.evolution.dataserver.*",
+        "--system-talk-name=org.freedesktop.login1",
         "--filesystem=xdg-cache/evolution/addressbook:ro",
         "--metadata=X-DConf=migrate-path=/org/gnome/Geary/",
         "--filesystem=~/.config/geary:ro",