diff --git a/initscript/Gentoo/NetworkManager.in b/initscript/Gentoo/NetworkManager.in
index 0af2f69c65..7db410be9f 100755
--- a/initscript/Gentoo/NetworkManager.in
+++ b/initscript/Gentoo/NetworkManager.in
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # $Header: $
 
 depend() {
-   need hald
+   need dbus
 }
 
 start() {