diff --git a/packages/sysutils/dbus/build b/packages/sysutils/dbus/build
index bb258f5c8d..920be07ca5 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/dbus/build
+++ b/packages/sysutils/dbus/build
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ mkdir -p .build-target && cd .build-target
              --disable-checks \
              --disable-xml-docs \
              --disable-doxygen-docs \
-             --disable-gcov  \
              --enable-abstract-sockets \
              --disable-selinux \
              --disable-libaudit \
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/dbus/meta b/packages/sysutils/dbus/meta
index 3ba92a7a79..c9d427d781 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/dbus/meta
+++ b/packages/sysutils/dbus/meta
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="dbus"
-PKG_VERSION="1.4.1"
+PKG_VERSION="1.4.6"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/dbus/patches/dbus-1.4.6-remove_pie.patch b/packages/sysutils/dbus/patches/dbus-1.4.6-remove_pie.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..192e401c94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/dbus/patches/dbus-1.4.6-remove_pie.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+diff -Naur dbus-1.4.6-old/bus/Makefile.am dbus-1.4.6-new/bus/Makefile.am
+--- dbus-1.4.6-old/bus/Makefile.am	2011-02-17 08:15:23.000000000 -0800
++++ dbus-1.4.6-new/bus/Makefile.am	2011-02-18 09:11:44.000000000 -0800
+@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+ 
+ configdir=$(sysconfdir)/dbus-1
+ 
+-INCLUDES=-I$(top_srcdir) $(DBUS_BUS_CFLAGS) @PIE_CFLAGS@		\
++INCLUDES=-I$(top_srcdir) $(DBUS_BUS_CFLAGS)             		\
+ 	-DDBUS_SYSTEM_CONFIG_FILE=\""$(configdir)/system.conf"\"	\
+ 	-DDBUS_COMPILATION
+ 
+@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
+ 	$(EFENCE)					\
+ 	$(DBUS_BUS_LIBS)
+ 
+-dbus_daemon_LDFLAGS=@R_DYNAMIC_LDFLAG@ @SECTION_LDFLAGS@ @PIE_LDFLAGS@
++dbus_daemon_LDFLAGS=@R_DYNAMIC_LDFLAG@ @SECTION_LDFLAGS@
+ 
+ LAUNCH_HELPER_SOURCES=				\
+ 	$(XML_SOURCES)				\
+diff -Naur dbus-1.4.6-old/bus/Makefile.in dbus-1.4.6-new/bus/Makefile.in
+--- dbus-1.4.6-old/bus/Makefile.in	2011-02-17 12:06:58.000000000 -0800
++++ dbus-1.4.6-new/bus/Makefile.in	2011-02-18 09:11:44.000000000 -0800
+@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@
+ top_builddir = @top_builddir@
+ top_srcdir = @top_srcdir@
+ configdir = $(sysconfdir)/dbus-1
+-INCLUDES = -I$(top_srcdir) $(DBUS_BUS_CFLAGS) @PIE_CFLAGS@		\
++INCLUDES = -I$(top_srcdir) $(DBUS_BUS_CFLAGS)             		\
+ 	-DDBUS_SYSTEM_CONFIG_FILE=\""$(configdir)/system.conf"\"	\
+ 	-DDBUS_COMPILATION
+ 
+@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@
+ 	$(EFENCE)					\
+ 	$(DBUS_BUS_LIBS)
+ 
+-dbus_daemon_LDFLAGS = @R_DYNAMIC_LDFLAG@ @SECTION_LDFLAGS@ @PIE_LDFLAGS@
++dbus_daemon_LDFLAGS = @R_DYNAMIC_LDFLAG@ @SECTION_LDFLAGS@
+ LAUNCH_HELPER_SOURCES = \
+ 	$(XML_SOURCES)				\
+ 	config-parser-common.c			\