diff --git a/packages/sysutils/dbus/build b/packages/sysutils/dbus/build
index 920be07ca5..61eeed1888 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/dbus/build
+++ b/packages/sysutils/dbus/build
@@ -42,12 +42,13 @@ mkdir -p .build-target && cd .build-target
              --disable-xml-docs \
              --disable-doxygen-docs \
              --enable-abstract-sockets \
+             --enable-x11-autolaunch \
              --disable-selinux \
              --disable-libaudit \
              --enable-dnotify \
              --enable-inotify \
              --with-xml=expat \
-             --without-x \
+             --with-x \
              --with-dbus-user=dbus \
 
 make
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/dbus/meta b/packages/sysutils/dbus/meta
index 964b66dcd3..4a44625e40 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/dbus/meta
+++ b/packages/sysutils/dbus/meta
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://dbus.freedesktop.org"
 PKG_URL="http://dbus.freedesktop.org/releases/$PKG_NAME/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS="expat"
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain expat"
+PKG_DEPENDS="expat libX11"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain expat libX11"
 PKG_PRIORITY="required"
 PKG_SECTION="system"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="dbus: simple interprocess messaging system"