diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -49,6 +49,15 @@
 # if this option is set, srtm.jpg will not be installed but the generated tiles instead
 option(MOBILE "Create a Marble version optimized for handheld devices")
 
+####################################################
+# Build a D-Bus interface for the Marble widget
+# This is disabled by default for all win32, apple and Android
+if(WIN32 OR APPLE OR CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL Android)
+    option(BUILD_WITH_DBUS "Build the D-Bus interface for the Marble widget" OFF)
+else()
+    option(BUILD_WITH_DBUS "Build the D-Bus interface for the Marble widget" ON)
+endif()
+
 #######################################################
 # Specific options for building for different platforms
 
@@ -67,7 +76,6 @@
 else()
    find_package(Qt5WebKit)
    find_package(Qt5WebKitWidgets)
-   find_package(Qt5DBus REQUIRED)
 
    if ( NOT Qt5WebKitWidgets_FOUND )
      set ( MARBLE_NO_WEBKITWIDGETS TRUE )
@@ -86,6 +94,15 @@
 find_package(Qt5Quick REQUIRED)
 find_package(Qt5PrintSupport REQUIRED)
 
+if (BUILD_WITH_DBUS)
+  find_package(Qt5DBus)
+  if (NOT Qt5DBus_FOUND)
+    set(MARBLE_NO_DBUS TRUE)
+  endif()
+else()
+  set(MARBLE_NO_DBUS TRUE)
+endif()
+
 if(QTONLY)
   # Forward the old QTONLY=TRUE option to the new WITH_KDE=FALSE
   # needs to be written to cache and forcefully, otherwise macro_optional_find_package's
@@ -106,15 +123,6 @@
 endif( WIN32 )
 
 ####################################################
-# Build a D-Bus interface for marble
-# This is disabled by default for all win32, apple and Qt-Only builds
-if(WIN32 OR APPLE OR CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL Android)
-    option(BUILD_WITH_DBUS "Build the D-Bus interface for the Marble widget" OFF)
-else()
-    option(BUILD_WITH_DBUS "Build the D-Bus interface for the Marble widget" ON)
-endif()
-
-####################################################
 # build unit tests
 
 INCLUDE (CTest)
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
   add_definitions(-D_USE_MATH_DEFINES=1)
 endif(MSVC)
 
-if(BUILD_WITH_DBUS)
-add_definitions(-DMARBLE_DBUS)
-endif(BUILD_WITH_DBUS)
+if(NOT MARBLE_NO_DBUS)
+  add_definitions(-DMARBLE_DBUS)
+endif()
 
 if( Qt5Quick_FOUND )
   OPTION(IGNORE_CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX_FOR_DECLARATIVE_PLUGINS "Install Marble Qt Declarative plugins to QT_IMPORTS_DIR even if that is out of the CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX")
diff --git a/src/apps/marble-ui/CMakeLists.txt b/src/apps/marble-ui/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/apps/marble-ui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/apps/marble-ui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,8 +22,13 @@
         Qt5::PrintSupport
     LINK_PRIVATE
         Qt5::Network
-        Qt5::DBus
 )
+if (NOT MARBLE_NO_DBUS)
+    target_link_libraries( marbleui
+        LINK_PRIVATE
+            Qt5::DBus
+    )
+endif ()
 
 if(WIN32)
   # TODO: PUBLIC or can be PRIVATE?
diff --git a/src/lib/marble/CMakeLists.txt b/src/lib/marble/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/lib/marble/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/lib/marble/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@
         )
 endif()
 
-if (NOT QT_NO_DBUS AND NOT CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL Android)
+if (NOT MARBLE_NO_DBUS)
     LIST(APPEND marblewidget_SRCS
         MarbleDBusInterface.cpp
         )
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@
             Qt5::WebKitWidgets
     )
 endif ()
-if (NOT QT_NO_DBUS AND NOT CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL Android)
+if (NOT MARBLE_NO_DBUS)
     TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES (${MARBLEWIDGET}
         LINK_PRIVATE
             Qt5::DBus