diff --git a/package/mender/mender.mk b/package/mender/mender.mk
index b4c5761151..a110caf551 100644
--- a/package/mender/mender.mk
+++ b/package/mender/mender.mk
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ else
 MENDER_TAGS += nolzma
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_DBUS),y)
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_DBUS)$(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLIB2),yy)
+MENDER_DEPENDENCIES += libglib2
 define MENDER_INSTALL_DBUS_AUTHENTICATION_MANAGER_CONF
 	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 $(@D)/support/dbus/io.mender.AuthenticationManager.conf \
 		      $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/dbus-1/system.d/io.mender.AuthenticationManager.conf