diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index a3d65337f..cf623e35d 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 2009.11, Not released yet:
 
-	Updated/fixed packages: gvfs
+	Updated/fixed packages: dbus, gvfs
 
 2009.11-rc1, Released November 23rd, 2009:
 
diff --git a/package/dbus/dbus.mk b/package/dbus/dbus.mk
index 158aeb571..eb97e767d 100644
--- a/package/dbus/dbus.mk
+++ b/package/dbus/dbus.mk
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ endif
 
 $(eval $(call AUTOTARGETS,package,dbus))
 
-# fix rebuild if /var/lib is a symlink to /tmp
+# fix rebuild (dbus makefile errors out if /var/lib/dbus is a symlink)
 $(DBUS_HOOK_POST_BUILD): $(DBUS_TARGET_BUILD)
-	rm -rf /tmp/dbus
+	rm -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/var/lib/dbus
 	touch $@
 
 $(DBUS_HOOK_POST_INSTALL): $(DBUS_TARGET_INSTALL_TARGET)