diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0fc2ef9..32705dc 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1263,6 +1263,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rust-embed",
  "rustix 1.1.2",
  "tokio",
+ "tokio-stream",
  "wayland-protocols",
  "zbus 5.11.0",
 ]
@@ -5492,6 +5493,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-core",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "tokio",
+ "tokio-util",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tokio-util"
+version = "0.7.16"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "14307c986784f72ef81c89db7d9e28d6ac26d16213b109ea501696195e6e3ce5"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-sink",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "tokio",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1edffcf..5561773 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ calloop-wayland-source = "0.4.1"
 aliasable = "0.1.3"
 futures-executor = { version = "0.3.31", features = ["thread-pool"] }
 zbus = "5.9.0"
+tokio-stream = { version = "0.1.17", features = ["sync"] }
 
 [dependencies.i18n-embed]
 version = "0.16"
diff --git a/src/dbus.rs b/src/dbus.rs
index fdb1f35..f475f6f 100644
--- a/src/dbus.rs
+++ b/src/dbus.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,30 @@
-struct CosmicWorkspaces;
+use cosmic::iced::{self, futures::StreamExt};
+use tokio::sync::broadcast;
+use tokio_stream::wrappers::BroadcastStream;
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+pub enum Event {
+    Show,
+    Hide,
+}
+
+struct CosmicWorkspaces {
+    event_sender: broadcast::Sender<Event>,
+}
 
 #[zbus::interface(name = "com.system76.CosmicWorkspaces")]
 impl CosmicWorkspaces {
+    fn show(&self) {
+        let _ = self.event_sender.send(Event::Show);
+    }
+
+    fn hide(&self) {
+        let _ = self.event_sender.send(Event::Hide);
+    }
+
     #[zbus(signal)]
     async fn shown(&self, _emitter: &zbus::object_server::SignalEmitter<'_>) -> zbus::Result<()>;
+
     #[zbus(signal)]
     async fn hidden(&self, _emitter: &zbus::object_server::SignalEmitter<'_>) -> zbus::Result<()>;
 }
@@ -11,12 +32,19 @@ impl CosmicWorkspaces {
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub struct Interface {
     emitter: zbus::object_server::SignalEmitter<'static>,
+    event_sender: broadcast::Sender<Event>,
 }
 
 impl Interface {
     pub async fn new(conn: zbus::Connection) -> zbus::Result<Self> {
+        let event_sender = broadcast::Sender::new(8);
         conn.object_server()
-            .at("/com/system76/CosmicWorkspaces", CosmicWorkspaces)
+            .at(
+                "/com/system76/CosmicWorkspaces",
+                CosmicWorkspaces {
+                    event_sender: event_sender.clone(),
+                },
+            )
             .await?;
         Ok(Interface {
             emitter: zbus::object_server::SignalEmitter::new(
@@ -24,14 +52,22 @@ impl Interface {
                 "/com/system76/CosmicWorkspaces",
             )
             .unwrap(),
+            event_sender,
         })
     }
 
     pub async fn shown(&self) -> zbus::Result<()> {
-        CosmicWorkspaces.shown(&self.emitter).await
+        self.emitter.shown(&self.emitter).await
     }
 
     pub async fn hidden(&self) -> zbus::Result<()> {
-        CosmicWorkspaces.hidden(&self.emitter).await
+        self.emitter.hidden(&self.emitter).await
+    }
+
+    pub fn subscription(&self) -> iced::Subscription<Event> {
+        iced::Subscription::run_with_id(
+            "workspaces-dbus-sun",
+            BroadcastStream::new(self.event_sender.subscribe()).filter_map(|x| async { x.ok() }),
+        )
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 2a3c7f7..e58c446 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ enum Msg {
     TogglePinned(ExtWorkspaceHandleV1),
     EnteredWorkspaceSidebarEntry(ExtWorkspaceHandleV1, bool),
     DbusInterface(zbus::Result<dbus::Interface>),
+    DBus(dbus::Event),
     Ignore,
 }
 
@@ -728,6 +729,12 @@ impl Application for App {
                     self.dbus_interface = Some(interface);
                 }
             }
+            Msg::DBus(evt) => {
+                return match evt {
+                    dbus::Event::Show => self.show(),
+                    dbus::Event::Hide => self.hide(),
+                };
+            }
             Msg::Ignore => {}
         }
 
@@ -812,6 +819,9 @@ impl Application for App {
         if let Some(conn) = self.conn.clone() {
             subscriptions.push(backend::subscription(conn).map(Msg::Wayland));
         }
+        if let Some(interface) = &self.dbus_interface {
+            subscriptions.push(interface.subscription().map(Msg::DBus));
+        }
         iced::Subscription::batch(subscriptions)
     }