diff --git a/dconf.changes b/dconf.changes
index 2f81703..c92ab7e 100644
--- a/dconf.changes
+++ b/dconf.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Dec 15 12:18:00 CET 2010 - vuntz@opensuse.org
+
+- Add explicit dbus-1 Requires since dconf does depend on dbus to
+  work, and dbus-1 BuildRequires for directory ownership.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Oct 11 21:31:18 CEST 2010 - vuntz@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/dconf.spec b/dconf.spec
index 3bdf1b7..6bfdb38 100644
--- a/dconf.spec
+++ b/dconf.spec
@@ -26,11 +26,16 @@ Summary:        Simple key-based configuration system
 Group:          System/Libraries
 Source:         %{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Source99:       baselibs.conf
+# For directory ownership
+BuildRequires:  dbus-1
 BuildRequires:  vala-devel
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gio-2.0)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gobject-introspection-1.0)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gtk+-2.0)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libxml-2.0)
+# dconf provides a dbus service, but has no dependency on dbus in any way
+# (because it uses gdbus), so we need an explicit Requires
+Requires:       dbus-1
 
 %description
 dconf is a low-level configuration system. Its main purpose is to