diff --git a/data/dbus-interfaces/org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Power.Screen.xml b/data/dbus-interfaces/org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Power.Screen.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..05e4b8dc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/dbus-interfaces/org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Power.Screen.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<node>
+  <interface name="org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Power.Screen">
+    <property name="Brightness" type="i" access="readwrite"/>
+  </interface>
+</node>
diff --git a/src/backends/meta-color-manager.c b/src/backends/meta-color-manager.c
index 0004af63c..face6abe2 100644
--- a/src/backends/meta-color-manager.c
+++ b/src/backends/meta-color-manager.c
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 #include "backends/meta-monitor.h"
 
 #include "meta-dbus-gsd-color.h"
+#include "meta-dbus-gsd-power-screen.h"
 
 enum
 {
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ typedef struct _MetaColorManagerPrivate
   GHashTable *devices;
 
   MetaDbusSettingsDaemonColor *gsd_color;
+  MetaDbusSettingsDaemonPowerScreen *gsd_power_screen;
 
   gboolean is_ready;
 } MetaColorManagerPrivate;
@@ -243,6 +245,34 @@ on_gsd_color_ready (GObject      *source_object,
   priv->gsd_color = gsd_color;
 }
 
+static void
+on_gsd_power_screen_ready (GObject      *source_object,
+                           GAsyncResult *res,
+                           gpointer      user_data)
+{
+  MetaColorManager *color_manager = META_COLOR_MANAGER (user_data);
+  MetaColorManagerPrivate *priv =
+    meta_color_manager_get_instance_private (color_manager);
+  MetaDbusSettingsDaemonPowerScreen *gsd_power_screen;
+  g_autoptr (GError) error = NULL;
+
+  gsd_power_screen =
+    meta_dbus_settings_daemon_power_screen_proxy_new_for_bus_finish (res,
+                                                                     &error);
+  if (!gsd_power_screen)
+    {
+      if (g_error_matches (error, G_IO_ERROR, G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED))
+        return;
+
+      g_warning ("Failed to create gsd-power-screen D-Bus proxy: %s", error->message);
+      return;
+    }
+
+  meta_topic (META_DEBUG_COLOR,
+              "Connection to org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.PowerScreen established");
+  priv->gsd_power_screen = gsd_power_screen;
+}
+
 static void
 meta_color_manager_constructed (GObject *object)
 {
@@ -266,6 +296,15 @@ meta_color_manager_constructed (GObject *object)
     priv->cancellable,
     on_gsd_color_ready,
     color_manager);
+
+  meta_dbus_settings_daemon_power_screen_proxy_new_for_bus (
+    G_BUS_TYPE_SESSION,
+    G_DBUS_PROXY_FLAGS_DO_NOT_AUTO_START,
+    "org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Power.Screen",
+    "/org/gnome/SettingsDaemon/Power",
+    priv->cancellable,
+    on_gsd_power_screen_ready,
+    color_manager);
 }
 
 static void
@@ -278,6 +317,7 @@ meta_color_manager_finalize (GObject *object)
   g_cancellable_cancel (priv->cancellable);
   g_clear_object (&priv->cancellable);
   g_clear_pointer (&priv->devices, g_hash_table_unref);
+  g_clear_object (&priv->gsd_power_screen);
   g_clear_object (&priv->gsd_color);
   g_clear_object (&priv->color_store);
   g_clear_pointer (&priv->lcms_context, cmsDeleteContext);
@@ -418,3 +458,22 @@ meta_color_manager_get_lcms_context (MetaColorManager *color_manager)
 
   return priv->lcms_context;
 }
+
+void
+meta_color_manager_set_brightness (MetaColorManager *color_manager,
+                                   int               brightness)
+{
+  MetaColorManagerPrivate *priv =
+    meta_color_manager_get_instance_private (color_manager);
+
+  if (!priv->gsd_power_screen)
+    {
+      meta_topic (META_DEBUG_COLOR,
+                  "No org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Power.Screen service available, "
+                  "not setting brightness");
+      return;
+    }
+
+  meta_dbus_settings_daemon_power_screen_set_brightness (priv->gsd_power_screen,
+                                                         brightness);
+}
diff --git a/src/backends/meta-color-manager.h b/src/backends/meta-color-manager.h
index ca263ac61..90369b8f7 100644
--- a/src/backends/meta-color-manager.h
+++ b/src/backends/meta-color-manager.h
@@ -35,4 +35,7 @@ META_EXPORT_TEST
 MetaColorDevice * meta_color_manager_get_color_device (MetaColorManager *color_manager,
                                                        MetaMonitor      *monitor);
 
+void meta_color_manager_set_brightness (MetaColorManager *color_manager,
+                                        int               brightness);
+
 #endif /* META_COLOR_MANAGER_H */
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index af492ed69..4bc295057 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -930,6 +930,13 @@ dbus_gsd_color_built_sources = gnome.gdbus_codegen('meta-dbus-gsd-color',
 )
 mutter_built_sources += dbus_gsd_color_built_sources
 
+dbus_gsd_power_screen_built_sources = gnome.gdbus_codegen('meta-dbus-gsd-power-screen',
+    join_paths(dbus_interfaces_dir, 'org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Power.Screen.xml'),
+    interface_prefix: 'org.gnome.',
+    namespace: 'MetaDbus',
+)
+mutter_built_sources += dbus_gsd_power_screen_built_sources
+
 wayland_protocol_server_headers = []
 wayland_protocol_client_headers = []
 wayland_protocol_sources = []