diff --git a/src/hibernate-resume/hibernate-resume-config.c b/src/hibernate-resume/hibernate-resume-config.c
index a751a0ac4cd..c6db83a9d3b 100644
--- a/src/hibernate-resume/hibernate-resume-config.c
+++ b/src/hibernate-resume/hibernate-resume-config.c
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ static int get_efi_hibernate_location(EFIHibernateLocation **ret) {
         if (!e)
                 return log_oom();
 
-        r = json_dispatch(v, dispatch_table, JSON_LOG, e);
+        r = json_dispatch(v, dispatch_table, JSON_LOG|JSON_ALLOW_EXTENSIONS, e);
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
 
diff --git a/src/network/networkctl.c b/src/network/networkctl.c
index 8e677cc0108..95e22cd9e39 100644
--- a/src/network/networkctl.c
+++ b/src/network/networkctl.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ static int check_netns_match(void) {
                 {},
         };
 
-        r = json_dispatch(reply, dispatch_table, JSON_LOG, &id);
+        r = json_dispatch(reply, dispatch_table, JSON_LOG|JSON_ALLOW_EXTENSIONS, &id);
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
 
diff --git a/src/nss-resolve/nss-resolve.c b/src/nss-resolve/nss-resolve.c
index c4e02bc7c13..822ad4f6221 100644
--- a/src/nss-resolve/nss-resolve.c
+++ b/src/nss-resolve/nss-resolve.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #include "strv.h"
 #include "varlink.h"
 
-static JsonDispatchFlags json_dispatch_flags = 0;
+static JsonDispatchFlags json_dispatch_flags = JSON_ALLOW_EXTENSIONS;
 
 static void setup_logging(void) {
         log_parse_environment_variables();
diff --git a/src/shared/group-record.c b/src/shared/group-record.c
index 1e33bdfed58..4fed5c671cd 100644
--- a/src/shared/group-record.c
+++ b/src/shared/group-record.c
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ int group_record_load(
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
 
-        r = json_dispatch(h->json, group_dispatch_table, json_flags, h);
+        r = json_dispatch(h->json, group_dispatch_table, json_flags | JSON_ALLOW_EXTENSIONS, h);
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
 
diff --git a/src/shared/user-record.c b/src/shared/user-record.c
index 3fe3e80b833..035e2a71247 100644
--- a/src/shared/user-record.c
+++ b/src/shared/user-record.c
@@ -1625,7 +1625,7 @@ int user_record_load(UserRecord *h, JsonVariant *v, UserRecordLoadFlags load_fla
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
 
-        r = json_dispatch(h->json, user_dispatch_table, json_flags, h);
+        r = json_dispatch(h->json, user_dispatch_table, json_flags | JSON_ALLOW_EXTENSIONS, h);
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
 
diff --git a/src/shared/userdb.c b/src/shared/userdb.c
index f60d48ace4f..540573390c8 100644
--- a/src/shared/userdb.c
+++ b/src/shared/userdb.c
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ static int userdb_on_query_reply(
 
                 assert_se(!iterator->found_user);
 
-                r = json_dispatch(parameters, dispatch_table, 0, &user_data);
+                r = json_dispatch(parameters, dispatch_table, JSON_ALLOW_EXTENSIONS, &user_data);
                 if (r < 0)
                         goto finish;
 
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ static int userdb_on_query_reply(
 
                 assert_se(!iterator->found_group);
 
-                r = json_dispatch(parameters, dispatch_table, 0, &group_data);
+                r = json_dispatch(parameters, dispatch_table, JSON_ALLOW_EXTENSIONS, &group_data);
                 if (r < 0)
                         goto finish;
 
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ static int userdb_on_query_reply(
                 assert(!iterator->found_user_name);
                 assert(!iterator->found_group_name);
 
-                r = json_dispatch(parameters, dispatch_table, 0, &membership_data);
+                r = json_dispatch(parameters, dispatch_table, JSON_ALLOW_EXTENSIONS, &membership_data);
                 if (r < 0)
                         goto finish;