diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/dbus/dbus_new.c b/wpa_supplicant/dbus/dbus_new.c
index 2bf9be8..6fd86ba 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/dbus/dbus_new.c
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/dbus/dbus_new.c
@@ -984,6 +984,8 @@ void wpas_dbus_signal_p2p_group_started(struct wpa_supplicant *wpa_s,
 	struct wpas_dbus_priv *iface;
 	char net_obj_path[WPAS_DBUS_OBJECT_PATH_MAX];
 	char group_obj_path[WPAS_DBUS_OBJECT_PATH_MAX];
+	char pgrp_obj_path[WPAS_DBUS_OBJECT_PATH_MAX];
+	dbus_bool_t persistent_group = FALSE;
 
 	iface = wpa_s->parent->global->dbus;
 
@@ -1020,14 +1022,27 @@ void wpas_dbus_signal_p2p_group_started(struct wpa_supplicant *wpa_s,
 					 client ? "client" : "GO"))
 		goto nomem;
 
-	os_snprintf(net_obj_path, WPAS_DBUS_OBJECT_PATH_MAX,
-		    "%s/" WPAS_DBUS_NEW_NETWORKS_PART "/%u",
-		    wpa_s->parent->dbus_new_path, network_id);
+	/*
+	 * If it is a persistent group register it as such.
+	 * This is to handle cases where an interface is being initialized
+	 * with a list of networks read from config.
+	 */
+	if (network_is_persistent_group((struct wpa_ssid *)ssid)) {
+		persistent_group = TRUE;
+		os_snprintf(pgrp_obj_path, WPAS_DBUS_OBJECT_PATH_MAX,
+			    "%s/" WPAS_DBUS_NEW_PERSISTENT_GROUPS_PART "/%u",
+			    wpa_s->parent->dbus_new_path, network_id);
+	} else {
+		os_snprintf(net_obj_path, WPAS_DBUS_OBJECT_PATH_MAX,
+			    "%s/" WPAS_DBUS_NEW_NETWORKS_PART "/%u",
+			    wpa_s->parent->dbus_new_path, network_id);
+	}
 
 	if (!wpa_dbus_dict_append_object_path(&dict_iter, "group_object",
 					     group_obj_path) ||
-	   !wpa_dbus_dict_append_object_path(&dict_iter, "network_object",
-					     net_obj_path) ||
+	   !wpa_dbus_dict_append_object_path(&dict_iter,
+		persistent_group ? "persistent_group_object" : "network_object",
+		persistent_group ? pgrp_obj_path : net_obj_path) ||
 	   !wpa_dbus_dict_close_write(&iter, &dict_iter))
 		goto nomem;