diff --git a/src/home/homed-manager.c b/src/home/homed-manager.c
index 34bb4d84baf..a97a0dee766 100644
--- a/src/home/homed-manager.c
+++ b/src/home/homed-manager.c
@@ -947,6 +947,10 @@ static int manager_connect_bus(Manager *m) {
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
 
+        r = bus_log_control_api_register(m->bus);
+        if (r < 0)
+                return r;
+
         suffix = getenv("SYSTEMD_HOME_DEBUG_SUFFIX");
         if (suffix)
                 busname = strjoina("org.freedesktop.home1.", suffix);
diff --git a/test/units/testsuite-46.sh b/test/units/testsuite-46.sh
index daec1536b00..1e83657c05b 100755
--- a/test/units/testsuite-46.sh
+++ b/test/units/testsuite-46.sh
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ inspect() {
 
 systemd-analyze log-level debug
 systemd-analyze log-target console
+systemctl service-log-level systemd-homed debug
 
 # Create a tmpfs to use as backing store for the home dir. That way we can enforce a size limit nicely.
 mkdir -p /home-pool