diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 7ee8a4e..b2aa02d 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ lxqt-session (1.4.0-0ubuntu1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * Bump build dependencies.
   * Update copyright years.
   * Wraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaap.
+  * Explicitly depend on dbus-bin, since dbus-update-activation-
+    environment is now directly called.
 
  -- Simon Quigley <tsimonq2@ubuntu.com>  Sun, 12 Nov 2023 18:57:57 -0600
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 2ab2a3c..1c14bb5 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ Depends: lxqt-qtplugin,
          x11-xkb-utils,
          ${misc:Depends},
          ${shlibs:Depends}
-Recommends: lxqt-config,
+Recommends: dbus-bin,
+            lxqt-config,
             lxqt-notificationd,
             lxqt-policykit,
             lxqt-powermanagement,