diff --git a/srcpkgs/sddm/files/sddm/run b/srcpkgs/sddm/files/sddm/run
index 70b1cfa9786..29015a0600a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/sddm/files/sddm/run
+++ b/srcpkgs/sddm/files/sddm/run
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 set -e
+sv check dbus >/dev/null || exit 1
 mkdir -p /var/lib/sddm
 chown -R sddm:sddm /var/lib/sddm
 exec sddm 2>&1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/sddm/template b/srcpkgs/sddm/template
index 077c31b78fa..ecc0631f82f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/sddm/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/sddm/template
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 # Template file for 'sddm'
 pkgname=sddm
 version=0.14.0
-revision=2
+revision=3
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DBUILD_MAN_PAGES=1 -DNO_SYSTEMD=1 -DLOGIN_DEFS_PATH=/etc/login.defs"
 hostmakedepends="cmake extra-cmake-modules pkg-config python-docutils"
 makedepends="qt5-declarative-devel qt5-tools-devel pam-devel"
+depends="dbus"
 short_desc="QML based X11 display manager"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="GPL-2"