diff --git a/plugins/dbus_announce.c b/plugins/dbus_announce.c
index 2c01e3f376..532afa1cd4 100644
--- a/plugins/dbus_announce.c
+++ b/plugins/dbus_announce.c
@@ -83,6 +83,19 @@ static void dbus_announce_cleanup(rpmPlugin plugin)
     free(state);
 }
 
+static void free_array(char ** array)
+{
+    int i;
+
+    if (array == NULL)
+        return;
+
+    for (i = 0; array[i]; i++) {
+        free(array[i]);
+    }
+    free(array);
+}
+
 static rpmRC send_ts_message(rpmPlugin plugin,
 			     const char * name,
 			     rpmts ts,
@@ -91,6 +104,8 @@ static rpmRC send_ts_message(rpmPlugin plugin,
     struct dbus_announce_data * state = rpmPluginGetData(plugin);
     DBusMessage* msg;
     char * dbcookie = NULL;
+    char ** array = NULL;
+    int nElems, i;
 
     if (!state->bus)
 	return RPMRC_OK;
@@ -103,9 +118,50 @@ static rpmRC send_ts_message(rpmPlugin plugin,
 
     dbcookie = rpmdbCookie(rpmtsGetRdb(ts));
     rpm_tid_t tid = rpmtsGetTid(ts);
+    nElems = rpmtsNElements(ts);
+    array = (char **) malloc((nElems + 1 ) * sizeof(char *));
+    if (array == NULL)
+        goto err;
+
+    array[0] = NULL;
+    for (i = 0; i < nElems; i++) {
+        rpmte te = rpmtsElement(ts, i);
+        char *buff;
+        int buffln;
+        const char *op = "??";
+        const char *nevra = rpmteNEVRA(te);
+        if (nevra == NULL)
+            nevra = "";
+        switch (rpmteType (te)) {
+        case TR_ADDED:
+            op = "added";
+            break;
+        case TR_REMOVED:
+            op = "removed";
+            break;
+        case TR_RPMDB:
+            op = "rpmdb";
+            break;
+        case TR_RESTORED:
+            op = "restored";
+            break;
+        }
+        buffln = strlen(op) + 1 + strlen(nevra) + 1;
+        buff = (char *) malloc(sizeof(char) * buffln);
+        if (buff == NULL)
+            goto err;
+	/* encode as "operation SPACE nevra" */
+	snprintf(buff, buffln, "%s %s", op, nevra);
+        array[i] = buff;
+    }
+    /* sentinel */
+    array[nElems] = NULL;
+
     if (!dbus_message_append_args(msg,
 				  DBUS_TYPE_STRING, &dbcookie,
 				  DBUS_TYPE_UINT32, &tid,
+				  DBUS_TYPE_INT32, &res,
+				  DBUS_TYPE_ARRAY, DBUS_TYPE_STRING, &array, nElems,
 				  DBUS_TYPE_INVALID))
 	goto err;
 
@@ -115,6 +171,8 @@ static rpmRC send_ts_message(rpmPlugin plugin,
     dbus_connection_flush(state->bus);
     dbcookie = _free(dbcookie);
 
+    free_array(array);
+
     return RPMRC_OK;
 
  err:
@@ -122,6 +180,7 @@ static rpmRC send_ts_message(rpmPlugin plugin,
 	   "dbus_announce plugin: Error sending message (%s)\n",
 	   name);
     dbcookie = _free(dbcookie);
+    free_array(array);
     return RPMRC_OK;
 }