diff --git a/support/mender-authd.service b/support/mender-authd.service
index 33f6e8927..a56f5b465 100644
--- a/support/mender-authd.service
+++ b/support/mender-authd.service
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Description=Mender authentication service
 Wants=network-online.target
 After=systemd-resolved.service network-online.target mender-data-dir.service data.mount
 Conflicts=mender.service
+Requires=dbus.service
 
 [Service]
 Type=idle