diff --git a/containers/osbuild-composer/entrypoint.py b/containers/osbuild-composer/entrypoint.py
index 89090428d..685378e90 100644
--- a/containers/osbuild-composer/entrypoint.py
+++ b/containers/osbuild-composer/entrypoint.py
@@ -95,12 +95,27 @@ class Cli(contextlib.AbstractContextManager):
             help="Disable the weldr-API",
         )
 
+        # --[no-]dnf-json
+        self._parser.add_argument(
+            "--dnf-json",
+            action="store_true",
+            dest="dnf_json",
+            help="Enable  dnf-json",
+        )
+        self._parser.add_argument(
+            "--no-dnf-json",
+            action="store_false",
+            dest="dnf_json",
+            help="Disable dnf-json",
+        )
+
         self._parser.set_defaults(
             builtin_worker=False,
             composer_api=False,
             local_worker_api=False,
             remote_worker_api=False,
             weldr_api=False,
+            dnf_json=False,
         )
 
         return self._parser.parse_args(self._argv[1:])
@@ -238,11 +253,29 @@ class Cli(contextlib.AbstractContextManager):
             preexec_fn=preexec_setenv,
         )
 
+    def _spawn_dnf_json(self):
+        cmd = [
+            "/usr/libexec/osbuild-composer/dnf-json",
+        ]
+
+        dnfenv = os.environ.copy()
+        dnfenv["LISTEN_FDS"] = "0"
+        dnfenv["LISTEN_FDNAMES"] = ""
+
+        return subprocess.Popen(
+            cmd,
+            cwd="/usr/libexec/osbuild-composer",
+            stdin=subprocess.DEVNULL,
+            stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
+            env=dnfenv,
+        )
+
     def run(self):
         """Program Runtime"""
 
         proc_composer = None
         proc_worker = None
+        proc_dnf_json = None
         res = 0
         sockets = self._prepare_sockets()
 
@@ -250,24 +283,35 @@ class Cli(contextlib.AbstractContextManager):
             if self.args.builtin_worker:
                 proc_worker = self._spawn_worker()
 
+            if self.args.dnf_json:
+                proc_dnf_json = self._spawn_dnf_json()
+
             proc_composer = self._spawn_composer(sockets)
 
             res = proc_composer.wait()
             if proc_worker:
                 proc_worker.terminate()
                 proc_worker.wait()
+            if proc_dnf_json:
+                proc_dnf_json.terminate()
+                proc_dnf_json.wait()
 
             return res
         except KeyboardInterrupt:
             if proc_worker:
                 proc_worker.terminate()
                 proc_worker.wait()
+            if proc_dnf_json:
+                proc_dnf_json.terminate()
+                proc_dnf_json.wait()
             if proc_composer:
                 proc_composer.terminate()
                 res = proc_composer.wait()
         except:
             if proc_worker:
                 proc_worker.kill()
+            if proc_dnf_json:
+                proc_dnf_json.kill()
             if proc_composer:
                 proc_composer.kill()
             raise
diff --git a/dnf-json b/dnf-json
index 8dd9397b2..9f16dd1f8 100755
--- a/dnf-json
+++ b/dnf-json
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import socketserver
 import logging
 import sys
 from http.server import BaseHTTPRequestHandler
+import pathlib
 
 import dnf
 import hawkey
@@ -254,15 +255,21 @@ class DnfJsonRequestHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
 log.info("Starting the dnf-json server")
 
 LISTEN_FDS = int(os.environ.get("LISTEN_FDS", 0))
+SOCK_PATH = "/run/osbuild-dnf-json/"
+SOCK_NAME = "api.sock"
 
 class SystemDActivationSocketServer(socketserver.ForkingMixIn, socketserver.UnixStreamServer):
     def server_bind(self):
         log.debug("service bind")
-        assert LISTEN_FDS == 1
-        log.debug("rebind socket")
-        log.debug("address_family: %d ", self.address_family)
-        log.debug("socket_type: %d ", self.socket_type)
-        self.socket = socket.fromfd(3, self.address_family, self.socket_type)
+        if LISTEN_FDS == 0:
+            log.debug("create new socket")
+            socketserver.UnixStreamServer.server_bind(self)
+        else:
+            log.debug("rebind socket")
+            log.debug("address_family: %d ", self.address_family)
+            log.debug("socket_type: %d ", self.socket_type)
+            self.socket = socket.fromfd(3, self.address_family, self.socket_type)
 
-server = SystemDActivationSocketServer('', DnfJsonRequestHandler)
+pathlib.Path(SOCK_PATH).mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+server = SystemDActivationSocketServer(f"{SOCK_PATH}{SOCK_NAME}", DnfJsonRequestHandler)
 server.serve_forever()
diff --git a/test/cases/regression-old-worker-new-composer.sh b/test/cases/regression-old-worker-new-composer.sh
index c01f1acf9..486534257 100644
--- a/test/cases/regression-old-worker-new-composer.sh
+++ b/test/cases/regression-old-worker-new-composer.sh
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ sudo podman run  \
      -v "$WELDR_DIR:/run/weldr/":Z \
      -p 8700:8700 \
      "quay.io/osbuild/osbuild-composer-ubi-pr:${CI_COMMIT_SHA}" \
-     --weldr-api --remote-worker-api \
+     --weldr-api --dnf-json --remote-worker-api \
      --no-local-worker-api --no-composer-api
 
 # try starting a worker