diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/settings.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/settings.nix
index aed0cfab4363..9c8f3f9cd74a 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/settings.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/settings.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 nvidia_x11: sha256:
 
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, pkgconfig, m4, jansson, gtk2, gtk3, libXv, libXrandr, libvdpau
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, pkgconfig, m4, jansson, gtk2, dbus, gtk3, libXv, libXrandr, libvdpau
 , librsvg, wrapGAppsHook
 , withGtk2 ? false, withGtk3 ? true
 }:
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig m4 ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ jansson libXv libXrandr libvdpau nvidia_x11 gtk2 ]
+  buildInputs = [ jansson libXv libXrandr libvdpau nvidia_x11 gtk2 dbus ]
              ++ lib.optionals withGtk3 [ gtk3 librsvg wrapGAppsHook ];
 
   NIX_LDFLAGS = [ "-lvdpau" "-lXrandr" "-lXv" "-lnvidia-ml" ];