diff -p -up dalston-0.1.6git20091002/dalston/dalston-power-applet.c.powerpolicy dalston-0.1.6git20091002/dalston/dalston-power-applet.c
--- dalston-0.1.6git20091002/dalston/dalston-power-applet.c.powerpolicy	2009-10-02 19:38:36.000000000 +0200
+++ dalston-0.1.6git20091002/dalston/dalston-power-applet.c	2009-10-12 19:01:06.000000000 +0200
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
 #include <nbtk/nbtk-gtk.h>
 #include <glib/gi18n.h>
 #include <libnotify/notify.h>
+#include <dbus/dbus-glib.h>
+#include <dbus/dbus-glib-lowlevel.h>
 
 G_DEFINE_TYPE (DalstonPowerApplet, dalston_power_applet, G_TYPE_OBJECT)
 
@@ -496,6 +498,33 @@ dalston_power_applet_init (DalstonPowerA
   GtkWidget *hbox;
   gchar *str;
 
+  DBusGConnection *system_connection;
+  GError *error = NULL;
+  gint ret;
+
+  system_connection = dbus_g_bus_get (DBUS_BUS_SYSTEM, &error);
+  if (error) {
+    g_debug ("%s", error->message);
+    g_error_free (error);
+    system_connection = NULL;
+  }
+
+  if (system_connection) {
+    ret = dbus_bus_request_name(dbus_g_connection_get_connection(system_connection),
+				"org.freedesktop.Policy.Power",
+				DBUS_NAME_FLAG_REPLACE_EXISTING, NULL);
+    switch (ret) {
+    case DBUS_REQUEST_NAME_REPLY_PRIMARY_OWNER:
+      g_debug("Successfully acquired interface org.freedesktop.Policy.Power.");
+      break;
+    case DBUS_REQUEST_NAME_REPLY_IN_QUEUE:
+      g_debug("Queued for interface org.freedesktop.Policy.Power.");
+      break;
+    default:
+      break;
+    };
+  }
+
   /* Create the pane hbox */
   priv->main_hbox = gtk_hbox_new (FALSE, 4);
   gtk_container_set_border_width (GTK_CONTAINER (priv->main_hbox), 4);