diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 499cee345a1..9320be019b1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -151,11 +151,16 @@ if(WITH_QRENCODE)
   set(USE_QRCODE TRUE)
 endif()
 
+cmake_dependent_option(WITH_DBUS "Enable DBus support." ON "CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL \"Linux\" AND BUILD_GUI" OFF)
 if(BUILD_GUI)
   set(qt_components Core Gui Widgets LinguistTools)
   if(ENABLE_WALLET)
     list(APPEND qt_components Network)
   endif()
+  if(WITH_DBUS)
+    list(APPEND qt_components DBus)
+    set(USE_DBUS TRUE)
+  endif()
   find_package(Qt5 5.11.3 MODULE REQUIRED
     COMPONENTS ${qt_components}
   )
@@ -498,6 +503,7 @@ message("   - using UPnP ....................... ${WITH_MINIUPNPC}")
 message("  ZeroMQ .............................. ${WITH_ZMQ}")
 message("  USDT tracing ........................ ${WITH_USDT}")
 message("  QR code (GUI) ....................... ${WITH_QRENCODE}")
+message("  DBus (GUI, Linux only) .............. ${WITH_DBUS}")
 message("Tests:")
 message("  test_bitcoin ........................ ${BUILD_TESTS}")
 message("  bench_bitcoin ....................... ${BUILD_BENCH}")
diff --git a/cmake/bitcoin-config.h.in b/cmake/bitcoin-config.h.in
index dc030a24e61..094eb8040a3 100644
--- a/cmake/bitcoin-config.h.in
+++ b/cmake/bitcoin-config.h.in
@@ -141,6 +141,9 @@
 /* Define if BDB support should be compiled in */
 #cmakedefine USE_BDB 1
 
+/* Define if dbus support should be compiled in */
+#cmakedefine USE_DBUS 1
+
 /* Define if QR support should be compiled in */
 #cmakedefine USE_QRCODE 1
 
diff --git a/src/qt/CMakeLists.txt b/src/qt/CMakeLists.txt
index c4c4f980b87..b7161127976 100644
--- a/src/qt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/qt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -214,6 +214,10 @@ if(ENABLE_WALLET)
   )
 endif()
 
+if(WITH_DBUS)
+  target_link_libraries(bitcoinqt PRIVATE Qt5::DBus)
+endif()
+
 if(qt_lib_type STREQUAL "STATIC_LIBRARY")
   # We want to define static plugins to link ourselves, thus preventing
   # automatic linking against a "sane" set of default static plugins.