diff --git a/scheduled_host_transition_main.cpp b/scheduled_host_transition_main.cpp
index 7e02f8d..0962bda 100644
--- a/scheduled_host_transition_main.cpp
+++ b/scheduled_host_transition_main.cpp
@@ -56,6 +56,13 @@
     phosphor::state::manager::ScheduledHostTransition manager(
         bus, objPathInst.c_str(), hostId, event);
 
+    // For backwards compatibility, request a busname without host id if
+    // input id is 0.
+    if (hostId == 0)
+    {
+        bus.request_name(SCHEDULED_HOST_TRANSITION_BUSNAME);
+    }
+
     bus.request_name((std::string{SCHEDULED_HOST_TRANSITION_BUSNAME} +
                       std::to_string(hostId))
                          .c_str());