diff --git a/package/qt6/qt6base/Config.in b/package/qt6/qt6base/Config.in
index 354e02280a..2d4a4df223 100644
--- a/package/qt6/qt6base/Config.in
+++ b/package/qt6/qt6base/Config.in
@@ -22,6 +22,14 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_QT6BASE_CONCURRENT
 	help
 	  This options enables the Qt6Concurrent library.
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_QT6BASE_DBUS
+	bool "DBus module"
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_DBUS
+	help
+	  This option enables the D-Bus module.
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_QT6BASE_NETWORK
 	bool "network module"
 	help
diff --git a/package/qt6/qt6base/qt6base.mk b/package/qt6/qt6base/qt6base.mk
index db70386507..36176367e5 100644
--- a/package/qt6/qt6base/qt6base.mk
+++ b/package/qt6/qt6base/qt6base.mk
@@ -75,6 +75,18 @@ define HOST_QT6BASE_INSTALL_CMDS
 	$(HOST_MAKE_ENV) $(BR2_CMAKE) --install $(HOST_QT6BASE_BUILDDIR)
 endef
 
+# We need host-qt6base with D-Bus support, otherwise: "the tool
+# "Qt6::qdbuscpp2xml" was not found in the Qt6DBusTools package."
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_QT6BASE_DBUS),y)
+QT6BASE_CONF_OPTS += -DFEATURE_dbus=ON -DINPUT_dbus=linked
+QT6BASE_DEPENDENCIES += dbus
+HOST_QT6BASE_CONF_OPTS += -DFEATURE_dbus=ON
+HOST_QT6BASE_DEPENDENCIES += host-dbus
+else
+QT6BASE_CONF_OPTS += -DFEATURE_dbus=OFF
+HOST_QT6BASE_CONF_OPTS += -DFEATURE_dbus=OFF
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_QT6BASE_NETWORK),y)
 QT6BASE_CONF_OPTS += -DFEATURE_network=ON
 else