diff --git a/examples/dbus-service.py b/examples/dbus-service.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc4852f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/dbus-service.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# systemd_ctypes
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2023 Martin Pitt <mpitt@redhat.com>
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# once this runs, test with:
+# busctl --user call com.example.Test / com.example.Test HelloWorld s "World"
+
+import asyncio
+
+from systemd_ctypes import bus, run_async
+
+
+class com_example_Test(bus.Object):
+    @bus.Interface.Method('s', 's')
+    def hello_world(self, name):
+        return f'Hello {name}!'
+
+
+async def main():
+    user_bus = bus.Bus.default_user()
+
+    test_object = com_example_Test()
+    test_slot = user_bus.add_object('/', test_object)
+
+    user_bus.request_name('com.example.Test', 0)
+
+    await asyncio.sleep(30)
+
+    user_bus.release_name('com.example.Test')
+    del test_slot
+
+
+run_async(main())
diff --git a/src/systemd_ctypes/bus.py b/src/systemd_ctypes/bus.py
index 706369c..f90672d 100644
--- a/src/systemd_ctypes/bus.py
+++ b/src/systemd_ctypes/bus.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 import asyncio
 import base64
+import enum
 import functools
 import itertools
 import logging
@@ -308,6 +309,12 @@ class Bus(sd.bus):
     _default_system = None
     _default_user = None
 
+    class NameFlags(enum.IntFlag):
+        DEFAULT = 0
+        REPLACE_EXISTING = 1 << 0
+        ALLOW_REPLACEMENT = 1 << 1
+        QUEUE = 1 << 2
+
     @staticmethod
     def new(fd=None, address=None, bus_client=False, server=False, start=True, attach_event=True):
         bus = Bus()
diff --git a/src/systemd_ctypes/libsystemd.py b/src/systemd_ctypes/libsystemd.py
index eb10aa7..5cb2374 100644
--- a/src/systemd_ctypes/libsystemd.py
+++ b/src/systemd_ctypes/libsystemd.py
@@ -153,6 +153,8 @@ def wrapper(self, char):
     (instancemethod, negative_errno, 'message_new_method_call', [POINTER(sd.bus_message_p), utf8, utf8, utf8, utf8]),
     (instancemethod, negative_errno, 'message_new_signal', [POINTER(sd.bus_message_p), utf8, utf8, utf8]),
     (instancemethod, negative_errno, 'new', [POINTER(sd.bus_p)]),
+    (instancemethod, negative_errno, 'release_name', [utf8]),
+    (instancemethod, negative_errno, 'request_name', [utf8, c_uint64]),
     (instancemethod, negative_errno, 'set_address', [utf8]),
     (instancemethod, negative_errno, 'set_bus_client', [boolint]),
     (instancemethod, negative_errno, 'set_fd', [c_int, c_int]),
diff --git a/test/test_basic.py b/test/test_basic.py
index c4b54b7..f5b6a0d 100644
--- a/test/test_basic.py
+++ b/test/test_basic.py
@@ -20,12 +20,18 @@
 
 import dbusmock
 import systemd_ctypes
-from systemd_ctypes import introspection
+from systemd_ctypes import introspection, bus
 
 
 TEST_ADDR = ('org.freedesktop.Test', '/', 'org.freedesktop.Test.Main')
 
 
+class Test_Greeter(bus.Object):
+    @bus.Interface.Method('s', 's')
+    def say_hello(self, name):
+        return f'Hello {name}!'
+
+
 class TestAPI(dbusmock.DBusTestCase):
     @classmethod
     def setUpClass(cls):
@@ -237,6 +243,46 @@ def test_introspect(self):
         }
         self.assertEqual(parsed['org.freedesktop.Test.Main'], expected)
 
+    def check_iface_sayhello(self, service_name):
+        message = self.bus_user.message_new_method_call(
+            service_name, '/', 'Test.Greeter',
+            'SayHello', 's', 'world')
+        self.assertEqual(self.async_call(message).get_body(), ('Hello world!',))
+
+    def test_service(self):
+        test_object = Test_Greeter()
+        test_slot = self.bus_user.add_object('/', test_object)
+        self.bus_user.request_name('com.example.Test', bus.Bus.NameFlags.DEFAULT)
+
+        self.check_iface_sayhello('com.example.Test')
+
+        self.bus_user.release_name('com.example.Test')
+        del test_slot
+
+    def test_service_replace(self):
+        test_object = Test_Greeter()
+        test_slot = self.bus_user.add_object('/', test_object)
+        self.bus_user.request_name(TEST_ADDR[0], bus.Bus.NameFlags.REPLACE_EXISTING)
+
+        self.check_iface_sayhello(TEST_ADDR[0])
+
+        self.bus_user.release_name(TEST_ADDR[0])
+        del test_slot
+
+    def test_request_name_errors(self):
+        # name already exists
+        self.assertRaises(FileExistsError, self.bus_user.request_name, TEST_ADDR[0], bus.Bus.NameFlags.DEFAULT)
+
+        # invalid name
+        self.assertRaisesRegex(OSError, '.*Invalid argument',
+                               self.bus_user.request_name, '', bus.Bus.NameFlags.DEFAULT)
+
+        # invalid flag
+        self.assertRaisesRegex(OSError, '.*Invalid argument', self.bus_user.request_name, TEST_ADDR[0], 0xFF)
+
+        # name not taken
+        self.assertRaises(ProcessLookupError, self.bus_user.release_name, 'com.example.NotThis')
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()