diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 21a03f4..784e145 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -144,6 +144,20 @@ impl Config {
     }
 }
 
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq)]
+pub struct ConnectOperation {
+    pub group: Option<String>,
+    pub user: Option<String>,
+}
+impl From<RuleAttributes> for ConnectOperation {
+    fn from(value: RuleAttributes) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            group: value.group,
+            user: value.user,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq)]
 #[serde(rename_all = "lowercase")]
 pub enum BusType {
@@ -175,7 +189,7 @@ pub enum Name {
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq)]
 pub enum Operation {
     /// rules checked when a new connection to the message bus is established
-    Connect,
+    Connect(ConnectOperation),
     /// rules checked when a connection attempts to own a well-known bus names
     Own(OwnOperation),
     /// rules that are checked for each recipient of a message
@@ -188,7 +202,7 @@ impl TryFrom<RuleAttributes> for OptionalOperation {
     type Error = Error;
 
     fn try_from(value: RuleAttributes) -> std::result::Result<Self, Self::Error> {
-        let has_connect = false;
+        let has_connect = value.group.is_some() || value.user.is_some();
         let has_own = value.own.is_some() || value.own_prefix.is_some();
         let has_send = value.send_broadcast.is_some()
             || value.send_destination.is_some()
@@ -213,18 +227,22 @@ impl TryFrom<RuleAttributes> for OptionalOperation {
             .sum();
 
         if operations_count > 1 {
-            return Err(Error::msg(format!("do not mix rule attributes for connect, own, receive, and/or send operations in the same rule: {value:?}")));
+            return Err(Error::msg(format!("do not mix rule attributes for connect, own, receive, and/or send attributes in the same rule: {value:?}")));
         }
 
-        if value.send_destination.is_some() && value.send_destination_prefix.is_some() {
-            return Err(Error::msg(format!("send_destination_prefix cannot be combined with the send_destination in the same rule: {value:?}")));
+        if value.group.is_some() && value.user.is_some() {
+            return Err(Error::msg(format!(
+                "`group` cannot be combined with `user` in the same rule: {value:?}"
+            )));
         }
-
         if value.own.is_some() && value.own_prefix.is_some() {
             return Err(Error::msg(format!(
-                "own_prefix cannot be combined with the own in the same rule: {value:?}"
+                "`own_prefix` cannot be combined with `own` in the same rule: {value:?}"
             )));
         }
+        if value.send_destination.is_some() && value.send_destination_prefix.is_some() {
+            return Err(Error::msg(format!("`send_destination_prefix` cannot be combined with `send_destination` in the same rule: {value:?}")));
+        }
 
         // https://github.com/dbus2/busd/issues/79
         if value.receive_member.is_some() {
@@ -235,7 +253,7 @@ impl TryFrom<RuleAttributes> for OptionalOperation {
         }
 
         if has_connect {
-            Ok(Some(Operation::Connect))
+            Ok(Some(Operation::Connect(ConnectOperation::from(value))))
         } else if has_own {
             Ok(Some(Operation::Own(OwnOperation::from(value))))
         } else if has_receive {
@@ -734,6 +752,8 @@ mod tests {
             <policy context="default">
                 <allow own="org.freedesktop.DBus"/>
                 <allow own_prefix="org.freedesktop"/>
+                <allow group="wheel" />
+                <allow user="root" />
             </policy>
             <policy user="root">
                 <allow
@@ -784,7 +804,21 @@ mod tests {
                             Operation::Own(OwnOperation {
                                 own: Some(Name::Prefix(String::from("org.freedesktop")))
                             })
-                        )
+                        ),
+                        (
+                            Access::Allow,
+                            Operation::Connect(ConnectOperation {
+                                group: Some(String::from("wheel")),
+                                user: None,
+                            })
+                        ),
+                        (
+                            Access::Allow,
+                            Operation::Connect(ConnectOperation {
+                                group: None,
+                                user: Some(String::from("root")),
+                            })
+                        ),
                     ]),
                     Policy::User(
                         vec![
@@ -874,6 +908,21 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    #[should_panic]
+    #[test]
+    fn bus_config_parse_with_policies_with_group_and_user_error() {
+        let input = r#"<!DOCTYPE busconfig PUBLIC "-//freedesktop//DTD D-Bus Bus Configuration 1.0//EN"
+        "http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/dbus/1.0/busconfig.dtd">
+        <busconfig>
+            <policy user="root">
+                <allow group="wheel" user="root" />
+            </policy>
+        </busconfig>
+        "#;
+
+        Config::parse(input).expect("should parse XML input");
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn bus_config_parse_with_policies_with_ignored_rules_and_rule_attributes_ok() {
         let input = r#"<!DOCTYPE busconfig PUBLIC "-//freedesktop//DTD D-Bus Bus Configuration 1.0//EN"