diff --git a/package/dbus/dbus.mk b/package/dbus/dbus.mk
index c810800873..7deae11887 100644
--- a/package/dbus/dbus.mk
+++ b/package/dbus/dbus.mk
@@ -73,17 +73,18 @@ endef
 
 DBUS_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS += DBUS_REMOVE_DEVFILES
 
-define DBUS_INSTALL_TARGET_FIXUP
+define DBUS_INSTALL_INIT_SYSV
+	$(INSTALL) -m 0755 -D package/dbus/S30dbus \
+		$(TARGET_DIR)/etc/init.d/S30dbus
+
 	mkdir -p $(TARGET_DIR)/var/lib
 	rm -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/var/lib/dbus
 	ln -sf /tmp/dbus $(TARGET_DIR)/var/lib/dbus
 endef
 
-DBUS_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS += DBUS_INSTALL_TARGET_FIXUP
-
-define DBUS_INSTALL_INIT_SYSV
-	$(INSTALL) -m 0755 -D package/dbus/S30dbus \
-		$(TARGET_DIR)/etc/init.d/S30dbus
+define DBUS_INSTALL_INIT_SYSTEMD
+	mkdir -p $(TARGET_DIR)/var/lib/dbus
+	ln -sf /etc/machine-id $(TARGET_DIR)/var/lib/dbus/machine-id
 endef
 
 HOST_DBUS_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf host-expat