diff --git a/better_lvm_dbus_check.patch b/better_lvm_dbus_check.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0fe4673
--- /dev/null
+++ b/better_lvm_dbus_check.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+From 68afb7d855e269e22fb5fdee60afb73c842534e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Vratislav Podzimek <vpodzime@redhat.com>
+Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2016 10:21:01 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Better check for the LVM DBus API
+
+The fact that the service is running doens't automatically mean that we can
+access and use it. In order to check for that we may simply try to introspect
+the root node which is guaranteed to always be there. If things work nicely, we
+may also trigger autostart the service this way.
+
+Signed-off-by: Vratislav Podzimek <vpodzime@redhat.com>
+---
+ src/plugins/lvm-dbus.c | 15 +++++++++++++--
+ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/plugins/lvm-dbus.c b/src/plugins/lvm-dbus.c
+index a508b3f..e21568f 100644
+--- a/src/plugins/lvm-dbus.c
++++ b/src/plugins/lvm-dbus.c
+@@ -230,10 +230,21 @@ gboolean check() {
+         found = (g_strcmp0 (g_variant_get_string (service, NULL), LVM_BUS_NAME) == 0);
+         g_variant_unref (service);
+     }
+-
+     g_variant_unref (real_ret);
+ 
+-    return found;
++    if (!found)
++        return FALSE;
++
++    /* try to introspect the root node - i.e. check we can access it and possibly
++       autostart the service */
++    ret = g_dbus_connection_call_sync (bus, LVM_BUS_NAME, LVM_OBJ_PREFIX, DBUS_INTRO_IFACE,
++                                       "Introspect", NULL, NULL, G_DBUS_CALL_FLAGS_NONE,
++                                       -1, NULL, &error);
++    if (ret)
++        g_variant_unref (ret);
++
++    /* there has to be no error reported */
++    return (error == NULL);
+ }
+ 
+ /**
+-- 
+2.5.0
+
diff --git a/libblockdev.spec b/libblockdev.spec
index 4ea6469..8ad11d3 100644
--- a/libblockdev.spec
+++ b/libblockdev.spec
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 Name:        libblockdev
 Version:     1.4
-Release:     4%{?dist}
+Release:     5%{?dist}
 Summary:     A library for low-level manipulation with block devices
 License:     LGPLv2+
 URL:         https://github.com/rhinstaller/libblockdev
 Source0:     https://github.com/rhinstaller/libblockdev/archive/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 
 Patch0: vgreduce_null_pv.patch
+Patch1: better_lvm_dbus_check.patch
+Patch2: search_lvm_dbus_in_activatable.patch
 
 BuildRequires: glib2-devel
 BuildRequires: gobject-introspection-devel
@@ -332,6 +334,8 @@ A meta-package that pulls all the libblockdev plugins as dependencies.
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{name}-%{version}
 %patch0 -p1
+%patch1 -p1
+%patch2 -p1
 
 %build
 %configure
@@ -507,6 +511,10 @@ find %{buildroot} -type f -name "*.la" | xargs %{__rm}
 %files plugins-all
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Mar 15 2016 Vratislav Podzimek <vpodzime@redhat.com> - 1.4-5
+- Search for the LVM DBus service in activatable names (vpodzime)
+- Better check for the LVM DBus API (vpodzime)
+
 * Wed Mar  9 2016 Vratislav Podzimek <vpodzime@redhat.com> - 1.4-4
 - Do not try to get object path of NULL in vgreduce (vpodzime)
 
diff --git a/search_lvm_dbus_in_activatable.patch b/search_lvm_dbus_in_activatable.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a208e0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/search_lvm_dbus_in_activatable.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+From 950a164f1954c85f5e757ec3fb925150b8623031 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Vratislav Podzimek <vpodzime@redhat.com>
+Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2016 11:03:13 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Search for the LVM DBus service in activatable names
+
+ListNames() gives names of services that are already
+running. ListActivatableNames() gives a list of services that are either running
+or activatable (support auto-start).
+
+Signed-off-by: Vratislav Podzimek <vpodzime@redhat.com>
+---
+ src/plugins/lvm-dbus.c | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/plugins/lvm-dbus.c b/src/plugins/lvm-dbus.c
+index e21568f..07363c4 100644
+--- a/src/plugins/lvm-dbus.c
++++ b/src/plugins/lvm-dbus.c
+@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ gboolean check() {
+     }
+ 
+     ret = g_dbus_connection_call_sync (bus, DBUS_TOP_IFACE, DBUS_TOP_OBJ, DBUS_TOP_IFACE,
+-                                       "ListNames", NULL, NULL, G_DBUS_CALL_FLAGS_NONE,
++                                       "ListActivatableNames", NULL, NULL, G_DBUS_CALL_FLAGS_NONE,
+                                        -1, NULL, &error);
+     if (!ret) {
+         g_critical ("Failed to get available DBus services: %s", error->message);
+-- 
+2.5.0
+