diff --git a/clients/upower/battery_status.cpp b/clients/upower/battery_status.cpp
index a321499..ccec1cc 100644
--- a/clients/upower/battery_status.cpp
+++ b/clients/upower/battery_status.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "cutefish/upower/battery_status.h"
 
 #include <algorithm>
+#include <cmath>
 
 #include "base/event_loop.h"
 #include "cutefish/upower/device.h"
@@ -18,6 +19,9 @@ static constexpr const char* kInterface = "com.cutefish.Services.Battery";
 
 static constexpr const char* kUPowerService = "org.freedesktop.UPower";
 static constexpr const char* kUPowerPath = "/org/freedesktop/UPower";
+static constexpr const char* kDisplayDevicePath = "/org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/DisplayDevice";
+// UPower's device type of a battery.
+static constexpr int64_t kTypeBattery = 2;
 
 std::shared_ptr<BatteryStatus> BatteryStatus::shared()
 {
@@ -38,6 +42,18 @@ BatteryStatus::BatteryStatus(Connection* sessionBus, Connection* systemBus)
     : m_service(sessionBus, kService, kPath, kInterface)
     , m_upower(systemBus, kUPowerService, kUPowerPath, kUPowerService)
 {
+    if (!sessionBus && systemBus) {
+        m_displayDevice = std::make_unique<Device>(kDisplayDevicePath, systemBus);
+        m_displayDeviceSubscriptions.push_back(
+                m_displayDevice->propertiesChanged.connect([this](const VariantMap&) { applyDisplayDevice(); }));
+        m_displayDeviceSubscriptions.push_back(m_displayDevice->readyChanged.connect([this] {
+            if (!m_ready) {
+                m_ready = true;
+                readyChanged.emit();
+            }
+        }));
+    }
+
     // The signals only say that something moved; one GetAll brings every value up to date.
     for (const char* signal : {"chargeStateChanged", "chargePercentChanged", "capacityChanged",
                                "remainingTimeChanged", "lastChargedPercentChanged", "lastChargedSecsChanged"})
@@ -51,7 +67,8 @@ BatteryStatus::BatteryStatus(Connection* sessionBus, Connection* systemBus)
                     fetchOnBattery();
             }));
 
-    fetchState();
+    if (!m_displayDevice)
+        fetchState();
     fetchOnBattery();
 }
 
@@ -59,7 +76,8 @@ BatteryStatus::~BatteryStatus() = default;
 
 void BatteryStatus::refresh()
 {
-    m_service.send("refresh");
+    if (m_service.isValid())
+        m_service.send("refresh");
 }
 
 void BatteryStatus::fetchState()
@@ -125,6 +143,28 @@ void BatteryStatus::applyState(const VariantMap& properties)
     }
 }
 
+void BatteryStatus::applyDisplayDevice()
+{
+    const VariantMap& properties = m_displayDevice->properties();
+    const auto present = properties.find("IsPresent");
+    const auto type = properties.find("Type");
+    const auto percentage = properties.find("Percentage");
+    const bool available = present != properties.end() && present->second.value<bool>(false)
+            && type != properties.end() && integerValue(type->second) == kTypeBattery;
+    // Rounded as the service rounds it.
+    const int chargePercent =
+            percentage == properties.end() ? 0 : int(std::lround(percentage->second.value<double>(0)));
+
+    if (m_chargePercent != chargePercent) {
+        m_chargePercent = chargePercent;
+        chargePercentChanged.emit();
+    }
+    if (m_available != available) {
+        m_available = available;
+        availableChanged.emit();
+    }
+}
+
 void BatteryStatus::fetchOnBattery()
 {
     m_onBatteryCall = m_upower.getPropertyAsync("OnBattery", [this](const Reply& reply) {
diff --git a/clients/upower/battery_status.h b/clients/upower/battery_status.h
index abf667c..ac10a2f 100644
--- a/clients/upower/battery_status.h
+++ b/clients/upower/battery_status.h
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 
 namespace cutefish::upower {
 
+class Device;
+
 // The battery as cutefish-services reports it, and whether the system runs
 // on it (UPower's OnBattery). Everything is read asynchronously and kept
 // here, so the getters never block.
@@ -23,6 +25,9 @@ public:
     // holds it.
     static std::shared_ptr<BatteryStatus> shared();
 
+    // Without a session bus, as at the login screen, the level and whether
+    // there is a battery come from UPower's display device; the service's
+    // other figures stay unset.
     explicit BatteryStatus(base::dbus::Connection* sessionBus = base::dbus::Connection::session(),
                            base::dbus::Connection* systemBus = base::dbus::Connection::system());
     ~BatteryStatus();
@@ -62,11 +67,14 @@ public:
 private:
     void fetchState();
     void applyState(const base::dbus::VariantMap& properties);
+    void applyDisplayDevice();
     void fetchOnBattery();
     void setOnBattery(bool onBattery);
 
     base::dbus::Proxy m_service;
     base::dbus::Proxy m_upower;
+    std::unique_ptr<Device> m_displayDevice;
+    std::vector<base::Subscription> m_displayDeviceSubscriptions;
     std::vector<base::dbus::Match> m_matches;
     base::dbus::PendingCall m_stateCall;
     base::dbus::PendingCall m_onBatteryCall;
diff --git a/clients/upower/tests/upower_test.cpp b/clients/upower/tests/upower_test.cpp
index 23189fe..8861de8 100644
--- a/clients/upower/tests/upower_test.cpp
+++ b/clients/upower/tests/upower_test.cpp
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ public:
     std::tuple<std::string, uint32_t, uint32_t> historyRequest;
     std::unique_ptr<Object> upowerObject;
     std::unique_ptr<Object> deviceObject;
+    double displayPercentage = 41.6;
+    std::unique_ptr<Object> displayObject;
 
 private:
     void run(std::promise<bool>& ready)
@@ -133,11 +135,19 @@ private:
         });
         published = device.publish() && published;
 
+        displayObject = std::make_unique<Object>(connection.get(), "/org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/DisplayDevice",
+                                                 kDeviceInterface);
+        displayObject->addProperty("IsPresent", [this] { return m_battery; });
+        displayObject->addProperty("Type", [this] { return uint32_t(m_battery ? 2 : 0); });
+        displayObject->addProperty("Percentage", [this] { return displayPercentage; });
+        published = displayObject->publish() && published;
+
         ready.set_value(published);
         loop.run();
         batteryObject.reset();
         upowerObject.reset();
         deviceObject.reset();
+        displayObject.reset();
     }
 
     bool m_battery;
@@ -247,6 +257,38 @@ TEST_F(UPowerTest, ThePowerSourceFollowsUPower)
     ASSERT_TRUE(waitFor([&] { return m_services->inService([&] { return m_services->refreshes; }) == 1; }));
 }
 
+TEST_F(UPowerTest, WithoutASessionBusTheDisplayDeviceIsRead)
+{
+    startServices();
+    BatteryStatus status(nullptr, bus());
+    ASSERT_TRUE(waitFor([&] { return status.isReady(); }));
+    EXPECT_TRUE(status.isAvailable());
+    EXPECT_EQ(status.chargePercent(), 42);
+    EXPECT_EQ(status.statusString(), "");
+
+    int percent = 0;
+    Subscription subscription = status.chargePercentChanged.connect([&] { ++percent; });
+    m_services->inService([&] {
+        m_services->displayPercentage = 80.2;
+        m_services->displayObject->emitPropertiesChanged({"Percentage"});
+    });
+    ASSERT_TRUE(waitFor([&] { return status.chargePercent() == 80; }));
+    EXPECT_EQ(percent, 1);
+
+    // Nothing asks a service that is not there.
+    status.refresh();
+    runFor(50ms);
+    EXPECT_EQ(m_services->inService([&] { return m_services->refreshes; }), 0);
+}
+
+TEST_F(UPowerTest, WithoutASessionBusOrABatteryNothingIsAvailable)
+{
+    startServices(false);
+    BatteryStatus status(nullptr, bus());
+    ASSERT_TRUE(waitFor([&] { return status.isReady(); }));
+    EXPECT_FALSE(status.isAvailable());
+}
+
 TEST_F(UPowerTest, SharedStatusIsOneWhileHeld)
 {
     std::shared_ptr<BatteryStatus> first = BatteryStatus::shared();