diff --git a/frontends/src/bridge/DBus.py b/frontends/src/bridge/DBus.py
index f33077d9..ab9467ad 100644
--- a/frontends/src/bridge/DBus.py
+++ b/frontends/src/bridge/DBus.py
@@ -100,15 +100,25 @@ class DBusBridgeFrontend(BridgeFrontend):
                 #   - or if the last two arguments are callable
 
                 async = False
+                args = list(args)
 
                 if kwargs:
                     if 'callback' in kwargs:
                         async = True
                         _callback = kwargs.pop('callback')
                         _errback = kwargs.pop('errback', lambda failure: log.error(unicode(failure)))
+                    try:
+                        args.append(kwargs.pop('profile'))
+                    except KeyError:
+                        try:
+                            args.append(kwargs.pop('profile_key'))
+                        except KeyError:
+                            pass
+                    # at this point, kwargs should be empty
+                    if kwargs:
+                        log.warnings(u"unexpected keyword arguments, they will be ignored: {}".format(kwargs))
                 elif len(args) >= 2 and callable(args[-1]) and callable(args[-2]):
                     async = True
-                    args = list(args)
                     _errback = args.pop()
                     _callback = args.pop()
 
diff --git a/src/bridge/bridge_constructor/dbus_frontend_template.py b/src/bridge/bridge_constructor/dbus_frontend_template.py
index de3dfc1f..4567cd33 100644
--- a/src/bridge/bridge_constructor/dbus_frontend_template.py
+++ b/src/bridge/bridge_constructor/dbus_frontend_template.py
@@ -100,15 +100,25 @@ class DBusBridgeFrontend(BridgeFrontend):
                 #   - or if the last two arguments are callable
 
                 async = False
+                args = list(args)
 
                 if kwargs:
                     if 'callback' in kwargs:
                         async = True
                         _callback = kwargs.pop('callback')
                         _errback = kwargs.pop('errback', lambda failure: log.error(unicode(failure)))
+                    try:
+                        args.append(kwargs.pop('profile'))
+                    except KeyError:
+                        try:
+                            args.append(kwargs.pop('profile_key'))
+                        except KeyError:
+                            pass
+                    # at this point, kwargs should be empty
+                    if kwargs:
+                        log.warnings(u"unexpected keyword arguments, they will be ignored: {}".format(kwargs))
                 elif len(args) >= 2 and callable(args[-1]) and callable(args[-2]):
                     async = True
-                    args = list(args)
                     _errback = args.pop()
                     _callback = args.pop()