diff --git a/main.cc b/main.cc
index 47fb934..b045793 100644
--- a/main.cc
+++ b/main.cc
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@
   return FALSE;  // Don't call this callback again
 }
 
+gboolean UpdateEngineStarted(gpointer user_data) {
+  reinterpret_cast<UpdateAttempter*>(user_data)->UpdateEngineStarted();
+  return FALSE; // Remove idle source (e.g. don't do the callback again)
+}
+
 namespace {
 
 void SetupDbusService(UpdateEngineService* service) {
@@ -205,6 +210,9 @@
   // state on crashes.
   g_idle_add(&chromeos_update_engine::BroadcastStatus, update_attempter);
 
+  // Run the UpdateEngineStarted() method on |update_attempter|.
+  g_idle_add(&chromeos_update_engine::UpdateEngineStarted, update_attempter);
+
   // Run the main loop until exit time:
   g_main_loop_run(loop);