diff --git a/package/dbus/dbus.mk b/package/dbus/dbus.mk
index 5c2a5fb2cc..952eff1fc7 100644
--- a/package/dbus/dbus.mk
+++ b/package/dbus/dbus.mk
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ HOST_DBUS_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--disable-selinux \
 	--disable-xml-docs \
 	--disable-doxygen-docs \
+	--disable-systemd \
 	--without-x \
 	--with-xml=expat