diff --git a/src/dbus.c b/src/dbus.c
index 6d1e35af..ecff80df 100644
--- a/src/dbus.c
+++ b/src/dbus.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 
 typedef struct dbus_sig {
   TAILQ_ENTRY(dbus_sig) link;
+  char     *obj_name;
   char     *sig_name;
   htsmsg_t *msg;
 } dbus_sig_t;
@@ -47,14 +48,19 @@ static int dbus_running;
  *
  */
 void
-dbus_emit_signal(const char *sig_name, htsmsg_t *msg)
+dbus_emit_signal(const char *obj_name, const char *sig_name, htsmsg_t *msg)
 {
   dbus_sig_t *ds = calloc(1, sizeof(dbus_sig_t));
+  size_t l;
 
   if (!dbus_running) {
     htsmsg_destroy(msg);
     return;
   }
+  l = strlen(obj_name);
+  ds->obj_name = malloc(l + 15);
+  strcpy(ds->obj_name, "/org/tvheadend");
+  strcpy(ds->obj_name + 14, obj_name);
   ds->sig_name = strdup(sig_name);
   ds->msg = msg;
   pthread_mutex_lock(&dbus_lock);
@@ -64,19 +70,19 @@ dbus_emit_signal(const char *sig_name, htsmsg_t *msg)
 }
 
 void
-dbus_emit_signal_str(const char *sig_name, const char *value)
+dbus_emit_signal_str(const char *obj_name, const char *sig_name, const char *value)
 {
   htsmsg_t *l = htsmsg_create_list();
   htsmsg_add_str(l, NULL, value);
-  dbus_emit_signal(sig_name, l);
+  dbus_emit_signal(obj_name, sig_name, l);
 }
 
 void
-dbus_emit_signal_s64(const char *sig_name, int64_t value)
+dbus_emit_signal_s64(const char *obj_name, const char *sig_name, int64_t value)
 {
   htsmsg_t *l = htsmsg_create_list();
   htsmsg_add_s64(l, NULL, value);
-  dbus_emit_signal(sig_name, l);
+  dbus_emit_signal(obj_name, sig_name, l);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -199,27 +205,11 @@ dbus_reply_to_ping(DBusMessage *msg, DBusConnection *conn)
 /**
  *
  */
-#if 0
-static void
-dbus_server_close_hack(DBusConnection *conn,
-                       DBusDispatchStatus new_status,
-                       void *data)
-{
-  /* buggy refcounting in libdbus */
-  dbus_connection_unref(conn);
-}
-#endif
 
 static void
 dbus_connection_safe_close(DBusConnection *conn)
 {
   dbus_connection_flush(conn);
-
-//#if ENABLE_TRACE /* a little bit wrong condition */
-  /* ugly bug here, note that the fixed version of dbus will broke this */
-//  dbus_connection_set_dispatch_status_function(conn, dbus_server_close_hack, NULL, NULL);
-//#endif
-
   dbus_connection_close(conn);
   dbus_connection_unref(conn);
 }
@@ -243,10 +233,13 @@ dbus_flush_queue(DBusConnection *conn)
       break;
 
     if (conn)
-      dbus_send_signal(conn, "/", "org.tvheadend.notify", ds->sig_name, ds->msg);
+      dbus_send_signal(conn,
+                       ds->obj_name, "org.tvheadend.notify",
+                       ds->sig_name, ds->msg);
 
     htsmsg_destroy(ds->msg);
     free(ds->sig_name);
+    free(ds->obj_name);
     free(ds);
   }
   if (conn)
@@ -344,7 +337,7 @@ dbus_server_init(void)
   tvh_pipe(O_NONBLOCK, &dbus_pipe);
   dbus_threads_init_default();
   dbus_running = 1;
-  dbus_emit_signal_str("start", tvheadend_version);
+  dbus_emit_signal_str("/main", "start", tvheadend_version);
 }
 
 void
@@ -356,7 +349,7 @@ dbus_server_start(void)
 void
 dbus_server_done(void)
 {
-  dbus_emit_signal_str("stop", "bye");
+  dbus_emit_signal_str("/main", "stop", "bye");
   dbus_running = 0;
   tvh_write(dbus_pipe.wr, "", 1);
   pthread_kill(dbus_tid, SIGTERM);
diff --git a/src/dbus.h b/src/dbus.h
index a093648a..a083c98c 100644
--- a/src/dbus.h
+++ b/src/dbus.h
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@
 #if ENABLE_DBUS_1
 
 void
-dbus_emit_signal(const char *sig_name, htsmsg_t *msg);
+dbus_emit_signal(const char *obj_name, const char *sig_name, htsmsg_t *msg);
 void
-dbus_emit_signal_str(const char *sig_name, const char *value);
+dbus_emit_signal_str(const char *obj_name, const char *sig_name, const char *value);
 void
-dbus_emit_signal_s64(const char *sig_name, int64_t value);
+dbus_emit_signal_s64(const char *obj_name, const char *sig_name, int64_t value);
 
 void dbus_server_init(void);
 void dbus_server_start(void);
diff --git a/src/dvr/dvr_db.c b/src/dvr/dvr_db.c
index dcb10362..802c4867 100644
--- a/src/dvr/dvr_db.c
+++ b/src/dvr/dvr_db.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ dvr_dbus_timer_cb( void *aux )
   }
   /* different? send it.... */
   if (result && result != last_result) {
-    dbus_emit_signal_s64("dvr_next", result);
+    dbus_emit_signal_s64("/dvr", "next", result);
     last_result = result;
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/epggrab/otamux.c b/src/epggrab/otamux.c
index 6ebb49a4..825976cd 100644
--- a/src/epggrab/otamux.c
+++ b/src/epggrab/otamux.c
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ epggrab_ota_next_arm( time_t next )
 {
   tvhtrace("epggrab", "next ota start event in %li seconds", next - time(NULL));
   gtimer_arm_abs(&epggrab_ota_start_timer, epggrab_ota_start_cb, NULL, next);
-  dbus_emit_signal_s64("epggrab_ota_next", next);
+  dbus_emit_signal_s64("/epggrab/ota", "next", next);
 }
 
 static void
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ epggrab_ota_post ( void )
   /* Init timer (call after full init - wait for network tuners) */
   if (epggrab_ota_initial) {
     /* notify another system layers, that we will do EPG OTA */
-    dbus_emit_signal_s64("epggrab_ota_next", time(NULL) + 15);
+    dbus_emit_signal_s64("/epggrab/ota", "next", time(NULL) + 15);
     epggrab_ota_pending_flag = 1;
     epggrab_ota_kick(15);
     t = time(NULL);
diff --git a/src/input/mpegts.h b/src/input/mpegts.h
index f72ac82e..64418d65 100644
--- a/src/input/mpegts.h
+++ b/src/input/mpegts.h
@@ -564,6 +564,11 @@ struct mpegts_input
   pthread_cond_t                  mi_table_cond;
   mpegts_table_feed_queue_t       mi_table_queue;
 
+  /* DBus */
+#if ENABLE_DBUS_1
+  int64_t                         mi_dbus_subs;
+#endif
+
   /*
    * Functions
    */
diff --git a/src/subscriptions.c b/src/subscriptions.c
index 3be46cee..c30f9f79 100644
--- a/src/subscriptions.c
+++ b/src/subscriptions.c
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ subscription_status_callback ( void *p )
   }
   if (old_count != count) {
     old_count = count;
-    dbus_emit_signal_s64("subscriptions", count);
+    dbus_emit_signal_s64("/status", "subscriptions", count);
   }
 }