diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 221b625..311f4a0 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ upowerd_deps = declare_dependency(
         include_directories('../libupower-glib'),
     ],
     dependencies: [
-        glib_dep, gobject_dep, gio_dep, gio_unix_dep, libupower_glib_dep
+        glib_dep, gobject_dep, gio_dep, gio_unix_dep, libupower_glib_dep, upowerd_dbus_dep
     ],
     compile_args: [
         '-DUP_COMPILATION',
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ upowerd_private = static_library('upowerd-private',
         'up-backend.h',
         'up-native.h',
     ],
-    dependencies: [ upowerd_deps, upowerd_dbus_dep ],
+    dependencies: [ upowerd_deps ],
 )
 
 upowerd = executable('upowerd',