diff --git a/package/dbus/dbus.mk b/package/dbus/dbus.mk
index c60bf473cd..2002e707f0 100644
--- a/package/dbus/dbus.mk
+++ b/package/dbus/dbus.mk
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ DBUS_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--disable-doxygen-docs \
 	--with-system-socket=/run/dbus/system_bus_socket \
 	--with-system-pid-file=/run/messagebus.pid \
+	--with-session-socket-dir=/tmp \
 	--runstatedir=/run
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),y)