diff --git a/bindep.txt b/bindep.txt
index b80a1d3f41b6402dd82fe6bc158043dffb1a8adf..2553d51452042935fdaf8076a7426246b3848748 100644
--- a/bindep.txt
+++ b/bindep.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+dbus [platform:dpkg]
 libffi-dev [platform:dpkg]
 libffi-devel [platform:rpm]
 gcc [platform:rpm]