diff --git a/src/modules/module-profiler.c b/src/modules/module-profiler.c
index f04e75f12..fa4910f73 100644
--- a/src/modules/module-profiler.c
+++ b/src/modules/module-profiler.c
@@ -379,6 +379,10 @@ int pipewire__module_init(struct pw_impl_module *module, const char *args)
 	struct pw_properties *props;
 	struct impl *impl;
 	struct pw_loop *main_loop = pw_context_get_main_loop(context);
+	static const char * const keys[] = {
+		PW_KEY_OBJECT_SERIAL,
+		NULL
+	};
 
 	PW_LOG_TOPIC_INIT(mod_topic);
 
@@ -409,9 +413,14 @@ int pipewire__module_init(struct pw_impl_module *module, const char *args)
 		free(impl);
 		return -errno;
 	}
+	pw_properties_setf(impl->properties, PW_KEY_OBJECT_ID, "%d", impl->global->id);
+	pw_properties_setf(impl->properties, PW_KEY_OBJECT_SERIAL, "%"PRIu64,
+			pw_global_get_serial(impl->global));
 
 	impl->flush_timeout = pw_loop_add_timer(main_loop, flush_timeout, impl);
 
+	pw_global_update_keys(impl->global, &impl->properties->dict, keys);
+
 	pw_impl_module_add_listener(module, &impl->module_listener, &module_events, impl);
 
 	pw_impl_module_update_properties(module, &SPA_DICT_INIT_ARRAY(module_props));
diff --git a/src/pipewire/impl-module.c b/src/pipewire/impl-module.c
index 4e5f1894f..aab6f7029 100644
--- a/src/pipewire/impl-module.c
+++ b/src/pipewire/impl-module.c
@@ -171,6 +171,11 @@ pw_context_load_module(struct pw_context *context,
 	const char *state = NULL, *p;
 	size_t len;
 	char path_part[PATH_MAX];
+	static const char * const keys[] = {
+		PW_KEY_OBJECT_SERIAL,
+		PW_KEY_MODULE_NAME,
+		NULL
+	};
 
 	module_dir = getenv("PIPEWIRE_MODULE_DIR");
 	if (module_dir == NULL) {
@@ -234,9 +239,7 @@ pw_context_load_module(struct pw_context *context,
 	this->global = pw_global_new(context,
 				     PW_TYPE_INTERFACE_Module,
 				     PW_VERSION_MODULE,
-				     pw_properties_new(
-					     PW_KEY_MODULE_NAME, name,
-					     NULL),
+				     NULL,
 				     global_bind,
 				     this);
 
@@ -251,6 +254,8 @@ pw_context_load_module(struct pw_context *context,
 			pw_global_get_serial(this->global));
 	this->info.props = &this->properties->dict;
 
+	pw_global_update_keys(this->global, &this->properties->dict, keys);
+
 	pw_impl_module_emit_initialized(this);
 
 	pw_global_add_listener(this->global, &this->global_listener, &global_events, this);