diff --git a/src/kstatusnotifieritemdbus_p.cpp b/src/kstatusnotifieritemdbus_p.cpp
--- a/src/kstatusnotifieritemdbus_p.cpp
+++ b/src/kstatusnotifieritemdbus_p.cpp
@@ -146,10 +146,30 @@
 
 int KStatusNotifierItemDBus::s_serviceCount = 0;
 
+QString generateServiceName()
+{
+    const QCoreApplication *app = QCoreApplication::instance();
+    const QString domain = app->organizationDomain();
+    const QStringList parts = domain.split(QLatin1Char('.'), QString::SkipEmptyParts);
+
+    QString reversedDomain;
+    if (parts.isEmpty()) {
+        reversedDomain = QStringLiteral("local.");
+    } else {
+        Q_FOREACH (const QString &part, parts) {
+            reversedDomain.prepend(QLatin1Char('.'));
+            reversedDomain.prepend(part);
+        }
+    }
+
+    return reversedDomain + app->applicationName();
+}
+
 KStatusNotifierItemDBus::KStatusNotifierItemDBus(KStatusNotifierItem *parent)
     : QObject(parent),
       m_statusNotifierItem(parent),
-      m_service(QStringLiteral("org.kde.StatusNotifierItem-%1-%2")
+      m_service(QStringLiteral("%1.StatusNotifierItem-%2-%3")
+                .arg(generateServiceName())
                 .arg(QCoreApplication::applicationPid())
                 .arg(++s_serviceCount)),
       m_dbus(QDBusConnection(m_service))
@@ -163,7 +183,8 @@
     }
 
     if (inSandbox) {
-        m_service = QStringLiteral("org.kde.StatusNotifierItem-%1-%2").arg(QCoreApplication::applicationName()).arg(s_serviceCount);
+        const QString uniqueId = QDBusConnection::sessionBus().baseService().replace(QRegularExpression(QStringLiteral("[\\.:]")), QStringLiteral("_"));
+        m_service = QStringLiteral("%1.StatusNotifierItem-%2-%3").arg(generateServiceName()).arg(uniqueId).arg(s_serviceCount);
     }
 
     m_dbus = QDBusConnection::connectToBus(QDBusConnection::SessionBus, m_service);