diff --git a/package/tvheadend/tvheadend.mk b/package/tvheadend/tvheadend.mk
index 30598055b8..4ffb357a5e 100644
--- a/package/tvheadend/tvheadend.mk
+++ b/package/tvheadend/tvheadend.mk
@@ -18,6 +18,13 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_AVAHI),y)
 TVHEADEND_DEPENDENCIES += avahi
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_DBUS),y)
+TVHEADEND_DEPENDENCIES += dbus
+TVHEADEND_CONF_OPTS += --enable-dbus-1
+else
+TVHEADEND_CONF_OPTS += --disable-dbus-1
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_FFMPEG),y)
 TVHEADEND_DEPENDENCIES += ffmpeg
 TVHEADEND_CONF_OPTS += --enable-libav