diff --git a/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/gdm/gdm_49.2.bb b/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/gdm/gdm_49.2.bb
index e1f3c488a8..94e256e4f2 100644
--- a/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/gdm/gdm_49.2.bb
+++ b/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/gdm/gdm_49.2.bb
@@ -79,3 +79,6 @@ FILES:${PN} += " \
 "
 
 RDEPENDS:${PN} += "${PN}-base"
+# gdm relies on dbus-run-session provided by dbus
+RCONFLICTS:${PN} += "dbus-broker"
+RDEPENDS:${PN} += "dbus"