diff --git a/meta/conf/distro/include/default-providers.inc b/meta/conf/distro/include/default-providers.inc
index d3eefb754b..cebd0400f4 100644
--- a/meta/conf/distro/include/default-providers.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/distro/include/default-providers.inc
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_base-utils ?= "busybox"
 VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_base-utils-hwclock ?= "busybox-hwclock"
 VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_base-utils-syslog ?= "busybox-syslog"
 VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_keymaps ?= "keymaps"
+VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_dbus ?= "dbus"
 
 #
 # Default recipe providers
diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/bluez5/bluez5.inc b/meta/recipes-connectivity/bluez5/bluez5.inc
index d31f4e2295..76d8d9ccfe 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-connectivity/bluez5/bluez5.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/bluez5/bluez5.inc
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=12f884d2ae1ff87c09e5b7ccc2c4ca7e \
                     file://COPYING.LIB;md5=fb504b67c50331fc78734fed90fb0e09 \
                     file://src/main.c;beginline=1;endline=24;md5=0ad83ca0dc37ab08af448777c581e7ac"
 DEPENDS = "dbus glib-2.0"
-RDEPENDS:${PN} += "dbus"
+RDEPENDS:${PN} += "${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_dbus}"
 PROVIDES += "bluez-hcidump"
 RPROVIDES:${PN} += "bluez-hcidump"
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/connman/connman.inc b/meta/recipes-connectivity/connman/connman.inc
index 133e8616da..fa546ee872 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-connectivity/connman/connman.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/connman/connman.inc
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ RPROVIDES:${PN} = "\
 	"
 
 RDEPENDS:${PN} = "\
-	dbus \
+	${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_dbus} \
 	"
 
 PACKAGES_DYNAMIC += "^${PN}-plugin-.*"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/neard/neard_0.19.bb b/meta/recipes-connectivity/neard/neard_0.19.bb
index 94df1ac3d6..3652d3aa30 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-connectivity/neard/neard_0.19.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/neard/neard_0.19.bb
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ do_install:append() {
 	fi
 }
 
-RDEPENDS:${PN} = "dbus"
+RDEPENDS:${PN} = "${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_dbus}"
 
 # Bluez & Wifi are not mandatory except for handover
 RRECOMMENDS:${PN} = "\
diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/ofono/ofono_2.14.bb b/meta/recipes-connectivity/ofono/ofono_2.14.bb
index 9a91afaa7b..400b5611fd 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-connectivity/ofono/ofono_2.14.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/ofono/ofono_2.14.bb
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ PACKAGES =+ "${PN}-tests"
 FILES:${PN} += "${systemd_unitdir}"
 FILES:${PN}-tests = "${libdir}/${BPN}/test"
 
-RDEPENDS:${PN} += "dbus"
+RDEPENDS:${PN} += "${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_dbus}"
 RDEPENDS:${PN}-tests = "\
     python3-core \
     python3-dbus \
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/dbus/dbus_1.16.2.bb b/meta/recipes-core/dbus/dbus_1.16.2.bb
index 9475e55b57..0160f403a1 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/dbus/dbus_1.16.2.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/dbus/dbus_1.16.2.bb
@@ -104,7 +104,9 @@ FILES:${PN}-tools = "${bindir}/dbus-uuidgen \
                      ${bindir}/dbus-update-activation-environment \
 "
 FILES:${PN}-lib = "${libdir}/lib*.so.*"
-RRECOMMENDS:${PN}-lib = "${PN}"
+RRECOMMENDS:${PN}-lib:class-target = "${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_dbus}"
+RRECOMMENDS:${PN}-lib:class-native = "dbus"
+RRECOMMENDS:${PN}-lib:class-nativesdk = "dbus"
 FILES:${PN}-dev += "${libdir}/dbus-1.0/include ${bindir}/dbus-test-tool ${datadir}/xml/dbus-1"
 
 RDEPENDS:${PN}-ptest += "bash make dbus"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/glib-2.0/glib.inc b/meta/recipes-core/glib-2.0/glib.inc
index 9d50a95c40..67860ddef0 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/glib-2.0/glib.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/glib-2.0/glib.inc
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ RDEPENDS:${PN}-ptest += "${PN}-utils"
 RDEPENDS:${PN}-ptest += "\
             coreutils \
             libgcc \
-            dbus \
+            ${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_dbus} \
             desktop-file-utils \
             gnome-desktop-testing \
             tzdata \
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_257.3.bb b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_257.3.bb
index 64fb8fe69a..24aad11c0a 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_257.3.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_257.3.bb
@@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ FILES:${PN} = " ${base_bindir}/* \
 
 FILES:${PN}-dev += "${base_libdir}/security/*.la ${datadir}/dbus-1/interfaces/ ${sysconfdir}/rpm/macros.systemd"
 
-RDEPENDS:${PN} += "kmod dbus util-linux-mount util-linux-umount udev (= ${EXTENDPKGV}) systemd-udev-rules util-linux-agetty util-linux-fsck util-linux-swaponoff util-linux-mkswap"
+RDEPENDS:${PN} += "kmod ${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_dbus} util-linux-mount util-linux-umount udev (= ${EXTENDPKGV}) systemd-udev-rules util-linux-agetty util-linux-fsck util-linux-swaponoff util-linux-mkswap"
 RDEPENDS:${PN} += "${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'serial-getty-generator', '', 'systemd-serialgetty', d)}"
 RDEPENDS:${PN} += "volatile-binds"