diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index dc2e1c6..616744f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1406,6 +1406,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "whitespace-conf",
  "xdg",
  "zbus",
+ "zbus_systemd",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -8787,6 +8788,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "zvariant",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "zbus_systemd"
+version = "0.26000.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "40c8310483ff4a77492d04a90bef30f40938059b4a4b4f7e456dda335d816cb6"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+ "zbus",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "zbus_xml"
 version = "5.2.1"
diff --git a/daemon/Cargo.toml b/daemon/Cargo.toml
index a229b05..44daa5f 100644
--- a/daemon/Cargo.toml
+++ b/daemon/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ whitespace-conf = "1"
 #TODO: reduce features
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["full"] }
 xdg = "3.0"
+zbus_systemd = { version = "0.26000.0", features = ["home1"] }
 
 [features]
 default = ["systemd"]
diff --git a/daemon/src/lib.rs b/daemon/src/lib.rs
index 842aebe..45f184c 100644
--- a/daemon/src/lib.rs
+++ b/daemon/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 use cosmic_comp_config::output::randr;
 use cosmic_config::CosmicConfigEntry;
 use kdl::KdlDocument;
-use std::collections::BTreeMap;
+use std::collections::{BTreeMap, BTreeSet};
 use std::fs;
 use std::io::Read;
 use std::os::unix::fs::OpenOptionsExt;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+use zbus::Connection;
+use zbus_systemd::home1::ManagerProxy;
 
 pub use cosmic_applets_config::time::TimeAppletConfig;
 pub use cosmic_bg_config::state::State as BgState;
@@ -16,13 +18,25 @@ pub use cosmic_theme::{Theme, ThemeBuilder};
 pub struct UserFilter {
     uid_min: u32,
     uid_max: u32,
+    homed_uids: BTreeSet<u32>,
 }
 
-impl Default for UserFilter {
-    fn default() -> Self {
+impl UserFilter {
+    pub async fn new() -> Result<Self, zbus::Error> {
         let login_defs_data = fs::read_to_string("/etc/login.defs").unwrap_or_default();
         let login_defs = whitespace_conf::parse(&login_defs_data);
-        Self {
+
+        let connection = Connection::system().await?;
+        let homed = ManagerProxy::new(&connection).await?;
+
+        let homed_uids = homed
+            .list_homes()
+            .await?
+            .iter()
+            .map(|(_, uid, ..)| *uid)
+            .collect();
+
+        Ok(Self {
             uid_min: login_defs
                 .get("UID_MIN")
                 .and_then(|x| x.parse::<u32>().ok())
@@ -31,17 +45,14 @@ impl Default for UserFilter {
                 .get("UID_MAX")
                 .and_then(|x| x.parse::<u32>().ok())
                 .unwrap_or(65000),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl UserFilter {
-    pub fn new() -> Self {
-        Self::default()
+            homed_uids,
+        })
     }
 
     pub fn filter(&self, user: &pwd::Passwd) -> bool {
-        if user.uid < self.uid_min || user.uid > self.uid_max {
+        if (user.uid < self.uid_min || user.uid > self.uid_max)
+            && !self.homed_uids.contains(&user.uid)
+        {
             // Skip system accounts
             return false;
         }
diff --git a/daemon/src/main.rs b/daemon/src/main.rs
index 427070a..a9d35b9 100644
--- a/daemon/src/main.rs
+++ b/daemon/src/main.rs
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ struct GreeterProxy;
 
 #[zbus::interface(name = "com.system76.CosmicGreeter")]
 impl GreeterProxy {
-    fn get_user_data(&mut self) -> Result<String, GreeterError> {
-        let user_filter = UserFilter::new();
+    async fn get_user_data(&mut self) -> Result<String, GreeterError> {
+        let user_filter = UserFilter::new().await?;
 
         // The pwd::Passwd method is unsafe (but not labelled as such) due to using global state (libc pwent functions).
         // To prevent issues, this should only be called once in the entire process space at a time