diff --git a/package/gpsd/Config.in b/package/gpsd/Config.in
index d387abdd9..16635dc0d 100644
--- a/package/gpsd/Config.in
+++ b/package/gpsd/Config.in
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GPSD
 	  making all data on the location/course/velocity of the sensors
 	  available to be queried on TCP port 2947 of the host computer.
 
+	  The D-Bus interface is included if dbus-glib is enabled.
+
 	  http://gpsd.berlios.de/
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_GPSD_DEVICES
diff --git a/package/gpsd/gpsd.mk b/package/gpsd/gpsd.mk
index be6daeb8a..94f39aaa6 100644
--- a/package/gpsd/gpsd.mk
+++ b/package/gpsd/gpsd.mk
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBUSB),y)
 	GPSD_DEPENDENCIES += libusb
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(strip $(BR2_PACKAGE_DBUS)),y)
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_DBUS_GLIB),y)
 	GPSD_CONF_OPT += --enable-dbus
-	GPSD_DEPENDENCIES += dbus dbus-glib
+	GPSD_DEPENDENCIES += dbus-glib
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES),y)