diff --git a/package/mender/mender.mk b/package/mender/mender.mk
index 1ebd5a2e83..c2bee71d93 100644
--- a/package/mender/mender.mk
+++ b/package/mender/mender.mk
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ define MENDER_INSTALL_DBUS_AUTHENTICATION_MANAGER_CONF
 		      $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/dbus-1/system.d/io.mender.AuthenticationManager.conf
 endef
 MENDER_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS += MENDER_INSTALL_DBUS_AUTHENTICATION_MANAGER_CONF
+else
+MENDER_TAGS += nodbus
 endif
 
 define MENDER_INSTALL_INIT_SYSTEMD