diff --git a/dom/media/webspeech/synth/cocoa/OSXSpeechSynthesizerModule.cpp b/dom/media/webspeech/synth/cocoa/OSXSpeechSynthesizerModule.cpp
index 17370a25a345..bc80eb06e770 100644
--- a/dom/media/webspeech/synth/cocoa/OSXSpeechSynthesizerModule.cpp
+++ b/dom/media/webspeech/synth/cocoa/OSXSpeechSynthesizerModule.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ using namespace mozilla::dom;
 NS_GENERIC_FACTORY_SINGLETON_CONSTRUCTOR(OSXSpeechSynthesizerService,
                                          OSXSpeechSynthesizerService::GetInstanceForService)
 
-// Defines kSAPISERVICE_CID
+// Defines kOSXSERVICE_CID
 NS_DEFINE_NAMED_CID(OSXSPEECHSYNTHESIZERSERVICE_CID);
 
 static const mozilla::Module::CIDEntry kCIDs[] = {
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ static const mozilla::Module::ContractIDEntry kContracts[] = {
 };
 
 static const mozilla::Module::CategoryEntry kCategories[] = {
-  { "profile-after-change", "Sapi Speech Synth", OSXSPEECHSYNTHESIZERSERVICE_CONTRACTID },
+  { "speech-synth-started", "OSX Speech Synth", OSXSPEECHSYNTHESIZERSERVICE_CONTRACTID },
   { nullptr }
 };
 
diff --git a/dom/media/webspeech/synth/nsISpeechService.idl b/dom/media/webspeech/synth/nsISpeechService.idl
index c802837155d0..710686f1ed80 100644
--- a/dom/media/webspeech/synth/nsISpeechService.idl
+++ b/dom/media/webspeech/synth/nsISpeechService.idl
@@ -165,3 +165,9 @@ interface nsISpeechService : nsISupports
 
   readonly attribute SpeechServiceType serviceType;
 };
+
+%{C++
+// This is the service category speech services could use to start up as
+// a component.
+#define NS_SPEECH_SYNTH_STARTED "speech-synth-started"
+%}
diff --git a/dom/media/webspeech/synth/nsSynthVoiceRegistry.cpp b/dom/media/webspeech/synth/nsSynthVoiceRegistry.cpp
index 59c76d158268..e36be7e78c84 100644
--- a/dom/media/webspeech/synth/nsSynthVoiceRegistry.cpp
+++ b/dom/media/webspeech/synth/nsSynthVoiceRegistry.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "nsILocaleService.h"
 #include "nsISpeechService.h"
 #include "nsServiceManagerUtils.h"
+#include "nsCategoryManagerUtils.h"
 
 #include "SpeechSynthesisUtterance.h"
 #include "SpeechSynthesisVoice.h"
@@ -190,6 +191,11 @@ nsSynthVoiceRegistry::GetInstance()
     gSynthVoiceRegistry = new nsSynthVoiceRegistry();
     Preferences::AddBoolVarCache(&sForceGlobalQueue,
                                  "media.webspeech.synth.force_global_queue");
+    if (XRE_IsParentProcess()) {
+      // Start up all speech synth services.
+      NS_CreateServicesFromCategory(NS_SPEECH_SYNTH_STARTED, nullptr,
+        NS_SPEECH_SYNTH_STARTED);
+    }
   }
 
   return gSynthVoiceRegistry;
diff --git a/dom/media/webspeech/synth/speechd/SpeechDispatcherModule.cpp b/dom/media/webspeech/synth/speechd/SpeechDispatcherModule.cpp
index deed7c1d29b4..a7f7ad5352c5 100644
--- a/dom/media/webspeech/synth/speechd/SpeechDispatcherModule.cpp
+++ b/dom/media/webspeech/synth/speechd/SpeechDispatcherModule.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ static const mozilla::Module::ContractIDEntry kContracts[] = {
 };
 
 static const mozilla::Module::CategoryEntry kCategories[] = {
-  { "profile-after-change", "SpeechDispatcher Speech Synth", SPEECHDISPATCHERSERVICE_CONTRACTID },
+  { "speech-synth-started", "SpeechDispatcher Speech Synth", SPEECHDISPATCHERSERVICE_CONTRACTID },
   { nullptr }
 };
 
diff --git a/dom/media/webspeech/synth/windows/SapiModule.cpp b/dom/media/webspeech/synth/windows/SapiModule.cpp
index 729dabcba37a..f9d7c9a89d57 100644
--- a/dom/media/webspeech/synth/windows/SapiModule.cpp
+++ b/dom/media/webspeech/synth/windows/SapiModule.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ static const mozilla::Module::ContractIDEntry kContracts[] = {
 };
 
 static const mozilla::Module::CategoryEntry kCategories[] = {
-  { "profile-after-change", "Sapi Speech Synth", SAPISERVICE_CONTRACTID },
+  { "speech-synth-started", "Sapi Speech Synth", SAPISERVICE_CONTRACTID },
   { nullptr }
 };