diff --git a/packages/sysutils/dbus/init.d/14_dbus b/packages/sysutils/dbus/init.d/14_dbus
deleted file mode 100644
index c2442b487a..0000000000
--- a/packages/sysutils/dbus/init.d/14_dbus
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-################################################################################
-#      Copyright (C) 2009-2010 OpenELEC.tv
-#      http://www.openelec.tv
-#
-#  This Program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
-#  any later version.
-#
-#  This Program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
-#  GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-#  along with OpenELEC.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
-#  the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
-#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
-################################################################################
-
-#
-# starting dbus
-#
-# runlevels: openelec, textmode
-
-(
-  progress "Starting D-BUS"
-    while true; do
-      dbus-daemon --system --nofork &>/dev/null
-      rm /var/run/dbus/pid &>/dev/null
-      usleep 500000
-    done
-)&
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/dbus/package.mk b/packages/sysutils/dbus/package.mk
index b877a41fae..99b740c791 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/dbus/package.mk
+++ b/packages/sysutils/dbus/package.mk
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="export ac_cv_have_abstract_sockets=yes \
                            --disable-x11-autolaunch \
                            --disable-selinux \
                            --disable-libaudit \
-                           --disable-systemd \
+                           --enable-systemd \
                            --enable-dnotify \
                            --enable-inotify \
                            --with-xml=expat \
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ post_makeinstall_host() {
 }
 
 post_makeinstall_target() {
-  rm -rf $INSTALL/lib/systemd
   rm -rf $INSTALL/etc/rc.d
   rm -rf $INSTALL/usr/lib/dbus-1.0/include
 }
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/dbus/tmpfiles.d/14_dbus.conf b/packages/sysutils/dbus/tmpfiles.d/dbus.conf
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/sysutils/dbus/tmpfiles.d/14_dbus.conf
rename to packages/sysutils/dbus/tmpfiles.d/dbus.conf