diff --git a/srcpkgs/dbus/template b/srcpkgs/dbus/template
index 00d9a7f994..f545722603 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/dbus/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/dbus/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ _systemd_version=204
 
 pkgname=dbus
 version=1.6.10
-revision=2
+revision=3
 short_desc="Message bus system"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2"
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ pre_configure() {
 
 	../dbus-${version}/configure ${_confargs} \
 		--prefix=${wrksrc}/tmpbuild/usr \
-		--disable-systemd --without-x
+		--disable-systemd --without-x \
+		--enable-abstract-sockets ac_cv_have_abstract_sockets=yes
 	make ${makejobs}
 	make install
 
@@ -99,7 +100,8 @@ do_configure() {
 		--with-system-pid-file=/run/dbus/pid \
 		--with-console-auth-dir=/run/console/ \
 		--with-systemdsystemunitdir=/usr/lib/systemd/system \
-		--enable-abstract-sockets --enable-systemd ${_confargs}
+		--enable-abstract-sockets --enable-systemd ${_confargs} \
+		ac_cv_have_abstract_sockets=yes
 }
 
 do_build() {