diff --git a/cmd/adsysd/integration_tests/adsys_test.go b/cmd/adsysd/integration_tests/adsys_test.go
index 42d8d0dea..257c41f42 100644
--- a/cmd/adsysd/integration_tests/adsys_test.go
+++ b/cmd/adsysd/integration_tests/adsys_test.go
@@ -412,7 +412,10 @@ func runDaemons() (teardown func()) {
 		go func() {
 			defer wg.Done()
 
-			if err := os.MkdirAll(socketDir, 0750); err != nil {
+			// 24.04 introduced some polkit changes that make the daemon drop root privileges before executing. In order
+			// to be able to connect to the bus and run polkitd, we need more permissions in the socket directory.
+			//nolint:gosec
+			if err := os.MkdirAll(socketDir, 0755); err != nil {
 				log.Fatalf("Setup: can’t create %s socket directory: %v", answer, err)
 			}
 
diff --git a/cmd/adsysd/integration_tests/systemdaemons/Dockerfile b/cmd/adsysd/integration_tests/systemdaemons/Dockerfile
index b73cda084..3a55089af 100644
--- a/cmd/adsysd/integration_tests/systemdaemons/Dockerfile
+++ b/cmd/adsysd/integration_tests/systemdaemons/Dockerfile
@@ -3,10 +3,7 @@ FROM ubuntu
 
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 # we need at least dbusmock 0.25 to use systemd template
-RUN \
-   apt-get update && \
-   apt-get install -y policykit-1 dbus libglib2.0-bin python3-pip python3-gi python3-dbus && \
-   pip install python-dbusmock
+RUN apt update && apt install -y polkitd dbus libglib2.0-bin python3-gi python3-dbus python3-dbusmock
 
 COPY cmd/adsysd/integration_tests/systemdaemons/*.py /
 COPY cmd/adsysd/integration_tests/systemdaemons/run_daemons /
diff --git a/cmd/adsysd/integration_tests/systemdaemons/run_daemons b/cmd/adsysd/integration_tests/systemdaemons/run_daemons
index fa5b5b2be..d68670837 100755
--- a/cmd/adsysd/integration_tests/systemdaemons/run_daemons
+++ b/cmd/adsysd/integration_tests/systemdaemons/run_daemons
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from gi.repository import GLib
 from session_daemons import start_session_bus, run_session_mocks
 from system_daemons import start_system_bus, run_system_mocks
 
-POLKIT_PATH = "/usr/libexec/polkitd"
+POLKIT_PATH = "/usr/lib/polkit-1/polkitd"
 ADSYS_POLICY_PATH_SRC = "/usr/share/polkit-1/actions.orig/com.ubuntu.adsys.policy"
 ADSYS_POLICY_PATH_DST = "/usr/share/polkit-1/actions/com.ubuntu.adsys.policy"
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index c4cfc948b..dc3658eb6 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ Recommends: ${misc:Recommends},
 Suggests: curlftpfs,
           ubuntu-proxy-manager,
           python3-cepces,
+          polkitd-pkla,
 Description: ${source:Synopsis}
  ${source:Extended-Description}