diff --git a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S30dbus b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S30dbus
index 82e9519ba6..3a15382d3c 100755
--- a/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S30dbus
+++ b/board/common/overlay/etc/init.d/S30dbus
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ sys_btconf="/etc/bluetooth.conf"
 boot_btconf="/boot/bluetooth.conf"
 btconf="/data/etc/bluetooth.conf"
 
-# dbus is only used by bluez
+# dbus is currently only used by bluez
 test -f $btconf || test -f $boot_btconf || test -f $sys_btconf || exit 0
 
+test -x /usr/bin/dbus-daemon || exit 0
+
 test -n "$os_version" || source /etc/init.d/base
 
 start() {