diff --git a/gnu/packages/jami.scm b/gnu/packages/jami.scm
index b5b939c21c..64a4c53c9c 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/jami.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/jami.scm
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ (define-public libjami
     (name "libjami")
     (version %jami-version)
     (source %jami-sources)
-    (outputs '("out" "debug"))
+    (outputs '("out" "bin" "debug"))    ;"bin' contains jamid
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
      (list
@@ -425,7 +425,20 @@ (define-public libjami
             (lambda _
               (for-each delete-file
                         (find-files (string-append #$output "/lib")
-                                    "\\.a$")))))))
+                                    "\\.a$"))))
+          (add-after 'install 'move-jamid
+            ;; This nearly halves the size of the main output (from 1566.2 MiB
+            ;; to 833.6 MiB), due to not depending on dbus-c++ and its large
+            ;; dependencies.
+            (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
+              (let ((libexec (string-append #$output:bin "/libexec"))
+                    (share (string-append #$output:bin "/share")))
+                (mkdir-p libexec)
+                (rename-file (search-input-file outputs "libexec/jamid")
+                             (string-append libexec "/jamid"))
+                (mkdir-p share)
+                (rename-file (search-input-directory outputs "share/dbus-1")
+                             (string-append share "/dbus-1"))))))))
     (inputs
      (list alsa-lib
            asio
@@ -461,7 +474,9 @@ (define-public libjami
 Jami core functionality.  Jami is a secure and distributed voice, video and
 chat communication platform that requires no centralized server and leaves the
 power of privacy in the hands of the user.  It supports the SIP and IAX
-protocols, as well as decentralized calling using P2P-DHT.")
+protocols, as well as decentralized calling using P2P-DHT.  The @samp{\"bin\"}
+output contains the D-Bus daemon (@command{jamid}) as well as the Jami D-Bus
+service definitions.")
     (home-page "https://jami.net/")
     (license license:gpl3+)))
 
diff --git a/gnu/services/telephony.scm b/gnu/services/telephony.scm
index b66c7a8563..23ccb8d403 100644
--- a/gnu/services/telephony.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/telephony.scm
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ (define (jami-configuration->command-line-arguments config)
 CONFIG, a <jami-configuration> object."
   (match-record config <jami-configuration>
     (libjami dbus enable-logging? debug? auto-answer?)
-    `(,(file-append libjami "/libexec/jamid")
+    `(,#~(string-append #$libjami:bin "/libexec/jamid")
       "--persistent"                    ;stay alive after client quits
       ,@(if enable-logging?
             '()                         ;logs go to syslog by default
@@ -524,7 +524,8 @@ (define disable-account-action
                    #:environment-variables
                    ;; This is so that the cx.ring.Ring service D-Bus
                    ;; definition is found by dbus-daemon.
-                   (list (string-append "XDG_DATA_DIRS=" #$libjami "/share"))))
+                   (list (string-append "XDG_DATA_DIRS="
+                                        #$libjami:bin "/share"))))
                (stop #~(make-kill-destructor)))
 
               (shepherd-service
@@ -595,7 +596,8 @@ (define (delete-file-recursively/safe file)
                     ;; Start the daemon.
                     (define daemon-pid
                       ((make-forkexec-constructor/container
-                        '#$(jami-configuration->command-line-arguments config)
+                        (list #$@(jami-configuration->command-line-arguments
+                                  config))
                         #:mappings
                         (list (file-system-mapping
                                (source "/dev/log") ;for syslog