diff --git a/applet/metadata.desktop b/applet/metadata.desktop
--- a/applet/metadata.desktop
+++ b/applet/metadata.desktop
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
 X-Plasma-NotificationArea=true
 X-Plasma-NotificationAreaCategory=Hardware
 X-Plasma-ConfigPlugins=kcm_pulseaudio
+X-Plasma-DBusActivationService=org.pulseaudio.Server
 
 X-KDE-PluginInfo-Name=org.kde.plasma.volume
 X-KDE-PluginInfo-Category=Multimedia