diff --git a/gio/gdbusconnection.c b/gio/gdbusconnection.c
index da2b9f997..a4abc14dc 100644
--- a/gio/gdbusconnection.c
+++ b/gio/gdbusconnection.c
@@ -90,6 +90,15 @@
  *      kind of pitfalls it avoids
  *      - Export objects before claiming names
  *    - Talk about auto-starting services (cf. GBusNameWatcherFlags)
+ *
+ *  - use abstract sockets in test code
+ *   - right now it doesn't work, dbus-daemon(1) fails with
+ *
+ *        /gdbus/connection/filter: Failed to start message bus: Failed to bind
+ *        socket "/tmp/g-dbus-tests-pid-28531": Address already in use
+ *        ** WARNING **: Error reading address from dbus daemon, 0 bytes read
+ *
+ *     or similar.
  */
 
 #include "config.h"
diff --git a/gio/tests/gdbus-sessionbus.c b/gio/tests/gdbus-sessionbus.c
index 66b146c2b..e90bd1fe1 100644
--- a/gio/tests/gdbus-sessionbus.c
+++ b/gio/tests/gdbus-sessionbus.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 
@@ -306,10 +307,7 @@ session_bus_get_temporary_address (void)
 {
   if (temporary_address == NULL)
     {
-      gchar *guid;
-      guid = g_dbus_generate_guid ();
-      temporary_address = g_strdup_printf ("unix:abstract=/tmp/g-dbus-tests-pid-%d-uuid-%s", getpid (), guid);
-      g_free (guid);
+      temporary_address = g_strdup_printf ("unix:path=/tmp/g-dbus-tests-pid-%d", getpid ());
     }
 
   return temporary_address;