diff --git a/meta/recipes-gnome/libunique/libunique_1.1.6.bb b/meta/recipes-gnome/libunique/libunique_1.1.6.bb
index adb9525146..31af658a30 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-gnome/libunique/libunique_1.1.6.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-gnome/libunique/libunique_1.1.6.bb
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@ SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "e5c8041cef8e33c55732f06a292381cb345db946cf792a4ae18aa5c66c
 
 PR = "r7"
 
-DEPENDS = "glib-2.0 gtk+ dbus"
+DEPENDS = "glib-2.0 gtk+"
+
+PACKAGECONFIG ??= "dbus"
+PACKAGECONFIG[dbus] = "--enable-dbus,--disable-dbus,dbus dbus-glib"
 
 LICENSE = "LGPLv2.1"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=2d5025d4aa3495befef8f17206a5b0a1"