diff --git a/src/network/networkd-manager.c b/src/network/networkd-manager.c
index 80d27c06b3..0d85ba6e72 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-manager.c
+++ b/src/network/networkd-manager.c
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ int manager_connect_bus(Manager *m) {
         if (m->bus)
                 return 0;
 
-        r = bus_open_system_watch_bind(&m->bus);
+        r = bus_open_system_watch_bind_with_description(&m->bus, "bus-api-network");
         if (r < 0)
                 return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to connect to bus: %m");
 
diff --git a/src/resolve/resolved-bus.c b/src/resolve/resolved-bus.c
index 3845eafaa3..fda43b84cf 100644
--- a/src/resolve/resolved-bus.c
+++ b/src/resolve/resolved-bus.c
@@ -1883,7 +1883,7 @@ int manager_connect_bus(Manager *m) {
         if (m->bus)
                 return 0;
 
-        r = bus_open_system_watch_bind(&m->bus);
+        r = bus_open_system_watch_bind_with_description(&m->bus, "bus-api-resolve");
         if (r < 0)
                 return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to connect to system bus: %m");
 
diff --git a/src/shared/bus-util.c b/src/shared/bus-util.c
index 10f047026e..a14e87d1ba 100644
--- a/src/shared/bus-util.c
+++ b/src/shared/bus-util.c
@@ -1657,7 +1657,7 @@ int bus_track_add_name_many(sd_bus_track *t, char **l) {
         return r;
 }
 
-int bus_open_system_watch_bind(sd_bus **ret) {
+int bus_open_system_watch_bind_with_description(sd_bus **ret, const char *description) {
         _cleanup_(sd_bus_unrefp) sd_bus *bus = NULL;
         const char *e;
         int r;
@@ -1670,6 +1670,12 @@ int bus_open_system_watch_bind(sd_bus **ret) {
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
 
+        if (description) {
+                r = sd_bus_set_description(bus, description);
+                if (r < 0)
+                        return r;
+        }
+
         e = secure_getenv("DBUS_SYSTEM_BUS_ADDRESS");
         if (!e)
                 e = DEFAULT_SYSTEM_BUS_ADDRESS;
diff --git a/src/shared/bus-util.h b/src/shared/bus-util.h
index 668c7cc982..d03d0f82d9 100644
--- a/src/shared/bus-util.h
+++ b/src/shared/bus-util.h
@@ -159,4 +159,7 @@ int bus_property_get_rlimit(sd_bus *bus, const char *path, const char *interface
 
 int bus_track_add_name_many(sd_bus_track *t, char **l);
 
-int bus_open_system_watch_bind(sd_bus **ret);
+int bus_open_system_watch_bind_with_description(sd_bus **ret, const char *description);
+static inline int bus_open_system_watch_bind(sd_bus **ret) {
+        return bus_open_system_watch_bind_with_description(ret, NULL);
+}