diff --git a/data/gnome-shell-wayland.service.in b/data/gnome-shell-wayland.service.in
index 848a3ea32..351571c7f 100644
--- a/data/gnome-shell-wayland.service.in
+++ b/data/gnome-shell-wayland.service.in
@@ -17,10 +17,9 @@ Before=gnome-session-initialized.target
 #Conflicts=gnome-shell-x11.service
 
 [Service]
-Type=dbus
+Type=notify
 ExecStart=@bindir@/gnome-shell
 # Exit code 1 means we are probably *not* dealing with an extension failure
 SuccessExitStatus=1
 # On wayland we cannot restart
 Restart=no
-BusName=org.gnome.Shell
diff --git a/data/gnome-shell-x11.service.in b/data/gnome-shell-x11.service.in
index 142f26b24..2c9fec1b5 100644
--- a/data/gnome-shell-x11.service.in
+++ b/data/gnome-shell-x11.service.in
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ StartLimitIntervalSec=15s
 StartLimitBurst=3
 
 [Service]
-Type=dbus
+Type=notify
 ExecStart=@bindir@/gnome-shell
 # Exit code 1 means we are probably *not* dealing with an extension failure
 SuccessExitStatus=1
@@ -29,4 +29,3 @@ SuccessExitStatus=1
 Restart=always
 # Do not wait before restarting the shell
 RestartSec=0ms
-BusName=org.gnome.Shell
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 6faf9934f..8be1395f7 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -24,6 +24,14 @@
 #include "shell-perf-log.h"
 #include "st.h"
 
+#ifdef HAVE_SYSTEMD
+#include <systemd/sd-daemon.h>
+#else
+/* So we don't need to add ifdef's everywhere */
+#define sd_notify(u, m)            do {} while (0)
+#define sd_notifyf(u, m, ...)      do {} while (0)
+#endif
+
 extern GType gnome_shell_plugin_get_type (void);
 
 #define SHELL_DBUS_SERVICE "org.gnome.Shell"
@@ -524,6 +532,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
   shell_init_debug (g_getenv ("SHELL_DEBUG"));
 
   shell_dbus_init (meta_get_replace_current_wm ());
+  sd_notify (0, "READY=1");
   shell_a11y_init ();
   shell_perf_log_init ();
   shell_introspection_init ();