diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 0c65f381afc7a86b32a9331f1d0bc538f24680a8..0234cf1dd3548694f68ca395a7de033232353377 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ colord_dep = dependency('colord', version: '>= 1.3.5')
 geocode_glib_dep = dependency('geocode-glib-1.0', version: '>= 3.10.0')
 gio_dep = dependency('gio-2.0', version: '>= 2.53.0')
 gio_unix_dep = dependency('gio-unix-2.0')
-gnome_desktop_dep = dependency('gnome-desktop-3.0', version: '>= 3.11.1')
+gnome_desktop_dep = dependency('gnome-desktop-3.0', version: '>= 3.34.2')
 gsettings_desktop_dep = dependency('gsettings-desktop-schemas', version: '>= 3.33.0')
 gtk_dep = dependency('gtk+-3.0', version: '>= 3.15.3')
 gtk_x11_dep = dependency('gtk+-x11-3.0')
diff --git a/plugins/media-keys/gsd-media-keys-manager.c b/plugins/media-keys/gsd-media-keys-manager.c
index a7155d2f68ff582844d08b2fccf4f558b5c06055..f4ab76f55d9f18de66e4792dcf44846dba9dacd7 100644
--- a/plugins/media-keys/gsd-media-keys-manager.c
+++ b/plugins/media-keys/gsd-media-keys-manager.c
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@
 
 #include <libupower-glib/upower.h>
 #include <gdesktop-enums.h>
+#define GNOME_DESKTOP_USE_UNSTABLE_API
+#include <libgnome-desktop/gnome-systemd.h>
 
 #if HAVE_GUDEV
 #include <gudev/gudev.h>
@@ -264,7 +266,6 @@ G_DEFINE_TYPE_WITH_PRIVATE (GsdMediaKeysManager, gsd_media_keys_manager, G_TYPE_
 
 static gpointer manager_object = NULL;
 
-
 static void
 media_key_unref (MediaKey *key)
 {
@@ -996,6 +997,32 @@ init_kbd (GsdMediaKeysManager *manager)
         gnome_settings_profile_end (NULL);
 }
 
+static void
+app_launched_cb (GAppLaunchContext *context,
+                 GAppInfo          *info,
+                 GVariant          *platform_data,
+                 gpointer           user_data)
+{
+        GsdMediaKeysManager *manager = GSD_MEDIA_KEYS_MANAGER (user_data);
+        GsdMediaKeysManagerPrivate *priv = GSD_MEDIA_KEYS_MANAGER_GET_PRIVATE (manager);
+        gint32 pid;
+        const gchar *app_name;
+
+        if (!g_variant_lookup (platform_data, "pid", "i", &pid))
+                return;
+
+        app_name = g_app_info_get_id (info);
+        if (app_name == NULL)
+                app_name = g_app_info_get_executable (info);
+
+        /* Start async request; we don't care about the result */
+        gnome_start_systemd_scope (app_name,
+                                   pid,
+                                   NULL,
+                                   priv->connection,
+                                   NULL, NULL, NULL);
+}
+
 static void
 launch_app (GsdMediaKeysManager *manager,
 	    GAppInfo            *app_info,
@@ -1009,6 +1036,12 @@ launch_app (GsdMediaKeysManager *manager,
         gdk_app_launch_context_set_timestamp (launch_context, timestamp);
         set_launch_context_env (manager, G_APP_LAUNCH_CONTEXT (launch_context));
 
+        g_signal_connect_object (launch_context,
+                                 "launched",
+                                 G_CALLBACK (app_launched_cb),
+                                 manager,
+                                 0);
+
 	if (!g_app_info_launch (app_info, NULL, G_APP_LAUNCH_CONTEXT (launch_context), &error)) {
 		g_warning ("Could not launch '%s': %s",
 			   g_app_info_get_commandline (app_info),
diff --git a/plugins/media-keys/meson.build b/plugins/media-keys/meson.build
index e6c1d2ac15460ea26d6f5842b9a11f1b6da1ab79..cbda8eec5b0086bc94f3c7901b493889ab5fdd15 100644
--- a/plugins/media-keys/meson.build
+++ b/plugins/media-keys/meson.build
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ deps = plugins_deps + [
   gsettings_desktop_dep,
   libcanberra_gtk_dep,
   libcommon_dep,
+  gnome_desktop_dep,
   libgvc_dep,
   libpulse_mainloop_glib_dep,
   m_dep,