--- a/trunk/wharfie/wharfie.mk
+++ b/trunk/wharfie/wharfie.mk
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 DBOOTSTRAP=$(shell PATH=${PATH}:/sbin:/usr/sbin which qemu-debootstrap)
 DBOOTSTRAP2=$(shell PATH=${PATH}:/sbin:/usr/sbin which debootstrap)
 KPARTX=$(shell PATH=${PATH}:/sbin:/usr/sbin which kpartx)
-PACKAGES=locales systemd
+PACKAGES=locales systemd dbus
 
 MAKEFILE_PATH := $(abspath $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST)))
 CWD := $(dir $(MAKEFILE_PATH))