diff --git a/virtmanager/src/aidl.rs b/virtmanager/src/aidl.rs
index ff8ab30..98af714 100644
--- a/virtmanager/src/aidl.rs
+++ b/virtmanager/src/aidl.rs
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
     self, Interface, ParcelFileDescriptor, StatusCode, Strong, ThreadState,
 };
 use log::error;
+use std::ffi::CStr;
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex, Weak};
 
@@ -58,7 +59,25 @@
         let log_fd = log_fd
             .map(|fd| fd.as_ref().try_clone().map_err(|_| StatusCode::UNKNOWN_ERROR))
             .transpose()?;
-        let instance = Arc::new(start_vm(config_fd.as_ref(), cid, log_fd)?);
+        let requester_uid = ThreadState::get_calling_uid();
+        let requester_sid = ThreadState::with_calling_sid(|sid| {
+            sid.and_then(|sid: &CStr| match sid.to_str() {
+                Ok(s) => Some(s.to_owned()),
+                Err(e) => {
+                    error!("SID was not valid UTF-8: {:?}", e);
+                    None
+                }
+            })
+        });
+        let requester_pid = ThreadState::get_calling_pid();
+        let instance = Arc::new(start_vm(
+            config_fd.as_ref(),
+            cid,
+            log_fd,
+            requester_uid,
+            requester_sid,
+            requester_pid,
+        )?);
         // TODO(qwandor): keep track of which CIDs are currently in use so that we can reuse them.
         state.next_cid = state.next_cid.checked_add(1).ok_or(StatusCode::UNKNOWN_ERROR)?;
         state.add_vm(Arc::downgrade(&instance));
@@ -74,8 +93,15 @@
 
         let state = &mut *self.state.lock().unwrap();
         let vms = state.vms();
-        let cids =
-            vms.into_iter().map(|vm| VirtualMachineDebugInfo { cid: vm.cid as i32 }).collect();
+        let cids = vms
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|vm| VirtualMachineDebugInfo {
+                cid: vm.cid as i32,
+                requester_uid: vm.requester_uid as i32,
+                requester_sid: vm.requester_sid.clone(),
+                requester_pid: vm.requester_pid,
+            })
+            .collect();
         Ok(cids)
     }
 
@@ -186,15 +212,23 @@
     }
 }
 
-/// Start a new VM instance from the given VM config filename. This assumes the VM is not already
+/// Start a new VM instance from the given VM config file. This assumes the VM is not already
 /// running.
-fn start_vm(config_file: &File, cid: Cid, log_fd: Option<File>) -> binder::Result<VmInstance> {
+fn start_vm(
+    config_file: &File,
+    cid: Cid,
+    log_fd: Option<File>,
+    requester_uid: u32,
+    requester_sid: Option<String>,
+    requester_pid: i32,
+) -> binder::Result<VmInstance> {
     let config = VmConfig::load(config_file).map_err(|e| {
         error!("Failed to load VM config from {:?}: {:?}", config_file, e);
         StatusCode::BAD_VALUE
     })?;
-    Ok(VmInstance::start(&config, cid, log_fd).map_err(|e| {
-        error!("Failed to start VM from {:?}: {:?}", config_file, e);
-        StatusCode::UNKNOWN_ERROR
-    })?)
+    Ok(VmInstance::start(&config, cid, log_fd, requester_uid, requester_sid, requester_pid)
+        .map_err(|e| {
+            error!("Failed to start VM from {:?}: {:?}", config_file, e);
+            StatusCode::UNKNOWN_ERROR
+        })?)
 }