diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@
 set(REQUIRED_QT_VERSION 5.10.0)
 find_package(Qt5Widgets ${REQUIRED_QT_VERSION} REQUIRED NO_MODULE)
 find_package(Qt5Svg ${REQUIRED_QT_VERSION} REQUIRED NO_MODULE)
-find_package(Qt5DBus ${REQUIRED_QT_VERSION} REQUIRED NO_MODULE)
+if (NOT ANDROID)
+  find_package(Qt5DBus ${REQUIRED_QT_VERSION} REQUIRED NO_MODULE)
+endif()
 
 find_package(KF5Archive ${KF5_DEP_VERSION} REQUIRED)
 find_package(KF5I18n ${KF5_DEP_VERSION} REQUIRED)
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -26,15 +26,17 @@
   PUBLIC
     Qt5::Widgets
   PRIVATE
-    Qt5::DBus
     Qt5::Svg
     KF5::Archive       # for KCompressionDevice
     KF5::I18n          # for i18n in KIconDialog
     KF5::WidgetsAddons # for KPixmapSequence family
     KF5::ItemViews      # for KListWidgetSearchLine
     KF5::ConfigWidgets # for KColorScheme
     KF5::CoreAddons    # for kshareddatacache.h
 )
+if (TARGET Qt5::DBus)
+  target_link_libraries(KF5IconThemes PRIVATE Qt5::DBus)
+endif()
 
 set_target_properties(KF5IconThemes PROPERTIES VERSION   ${KICONTHEMES_VERSION_STRING}
                                                SOVERSION ${KICONTHEMES_SOVERSION}
diff --git a/src/kiconloader.cpp b/src/kiconloader.cpp
--- a/src/kiconloader.cpp
+++ b/src/kiconloader.cpp
@@ -47,8 +47,10 @@
 #include <kconfiggroup.h>
 #include <kshareddatacache.h>
 #include <ksharedconfig.h>
+#ifdef QT_DBUS_LIB
 #include <QDBusConnection>
 #include <QDBusMessage>
+#endif
 #include <QSvgRenderer>
 #include <QXmlStreamReader>
 #include <QXmlStreamWriter>
@@ -417,15 +419,19 @@
             parseGenericIconsFiles(file);
         }
 
+#ifdef QT_DBUS_LIB
         QDBusConnection::sessionBus().connect(QString(), QStringLiteral("/KIconLoader"), QStringLiteral("org.kde.KIconLoader"),
                                               QStringLiteral("iconChanged"), this, SIGNAL(iconChanged(int)));
+#endif
     }
 
     void emitChange(KIconLoader::Group group)
     {
+#ifdef QT_DBUS_LIB
         QDBusMessage message = QDBusMessage::createSignal(QStringLiteral("/KIconLoader"), QStringLiteral("org.kde.KIconLoader"), QStringLiteral("iconChanged"));
         message.setArguments(QList<QVariant>() << int(group));
         QDBusConnection::sessionBus().send(message);
+#endif
     }
 
     QString genericIconFor(const QString &icon) const