diff --git a/CMake/options.cmake b/CMake/options.cmake
index ce406ba92..17fcda3f2 100644
--- a/CMake/options.cmake
+++ b/CMake/options.cmake
@@ -219,13 +219,12 @@ if (UNIX)
     pkg_check_modules(WLDCURSOR wayland-cursor)
     pkg_check_modules(WLDPROTO wayland-protocols>=1.15)
     pkg_check_modules(XKBCOMMON xkbcommon)
-    pkg_check_modules(DBUS dbus-1)
-    if (NOT(DBUS_FOUND AND WLDCLIENT_FOUND AND WLDCURSOR_FOUND AND WLDPROTO_FOUND AND XKBCOMMON_FOUND))
-      message (STATUS "Not all software modules 'wayland-client>=1.18 wayland-cursor wayland-protocols>=1.15 xkbcommon dbus-1' are present")
+    if (NOT(WLDCLIENT_FOUND AND WLDCURSOR_FOUND AND WLDPROTO_FOUND AND XKBCOMMON_FOUND))
+      message (STATUS "Not all software modules 'wayland-client>=1.18 wayland-cursor wayland-protocols>=1.15 xkbcommon' are present")
       message (STATUS "Consequently, OPTION_USE_WAYLAND is set to OFF.")
       unset (OPTION_USE_WAYLAND CACHE)
       set (OPTION_USE_WAYLAND 0)
-    endif (NOT(DBUS_FOUND AND WLDCLIENT_FOUND AND WLDCURSOR_FOUND AND WLDPROTO_FOUND AND XKBCOMMON_FOUND))
+    endif (NOT(WLDCLIENT_FOUND AND WLDCURSOR_FOUND AND WLDPROTO_FOUND AND XKBCOMMON_FOUND))
   endif (OPTION_USE_WAYLAND)
 
   if (OPTION_USE_WAYLAND)
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index e39fea044..58c27630e 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -511,9 +511,12 @@ if (FLTK_USE_X11)
 endif (FLTK_USE_X11)
 
 if (OPTION_USE_WAYLAND)
-  pkg_check_modules(DBUS dbus-1)
   include_directories(${DBUS_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-  set (CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -I${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR} -fPIC -D_GNU_SOURCE  -DHAS_DBUS")
+  pkg_check_modules(DBUS dbus-1)
+  set (CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -I${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR} -fPIC -D_GNU_SOURCE")
+  if (DBUS_FOUND)
+    set (CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -DHAS_DBUS")
+  endif (DBUS_FOUND)
   if (OPTION_USE_SYSTEM_LIBDECOR)
     set (CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -DUSE_SYSTEM_LIBDECOR")
     get_filename_component(PATH_TO_SHARED_LIBS ${HAVE_LIB_PANGO} DIRECTORY)
@@ -705,7 +708,10 @@ if (UNIX AND OPTION_USE_WAYLAND)
   elseif (GTK_FOUND AND OPTION_ALLOW_GTK_PLUGIN)
       list (APPEND OPTIONAL_LIBS ${GTK_LDFLAGS} )
   endif (OPTION_USE_SYSTEM_LIBDECOR)
-  list (APPEND OPTIONAL_LIBS "-lwayland-cursor -lwayland-client -lxkbcommon -ldl -ldbus-1")
+  list (APPEND OPTIONAL_LIBS "-lwayland-cursor -lwayland-client -lxkbcommon -ldl")
+  if (DBUS_FOUND)
+    list (APPEND OPTIONAL_LIBS "${DBUS_LDFLAGS}")
+  endif (DBUS_FOUND)
   if (NOT OPTION_WAYLAND_ONLY)
     list (APPEND OPTIONAL_LIBS "-lXcursor -lXrender -lXinerama -lXfixes -lXft -lXext -lX11")
   endif (NOT OPTION_WAYLAND_ONLY)