diff --git a/recipes/wip/services/dbus/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/services/dbus/recipe.toml
index faea5d4ab..6bd09ed12 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/services/dbus/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/services/dbus/recipe.toml
@@ -1,9 +1,19 @@
-#TODO missing Unix domain sockets support
-#TODO compilation error
 [source]
-tar = "https://dbus.freedesktop.org/releases/dbus/dbus-1.14.10.tar.xz"
+tar = "https://dbus.freedesktop.org/releases/dbus/dbus-1.16.2.tar.xz"
+blake3 = "b1d1f22858a8f04665e5dca29d194f892620f00fd3e3f4e89dd208e78868436e"
+
 [build]
-template = "configure"
 dependencies = [
     "expat",
+    "libpthread-stubs",
+    "libx11",
+    "libxau",
+    "libxcb",
+    "x11proto",
+]
+template = "meson"
+mesonflags = [
+    #TODO: why does this require Linux?
+    "-Depoll=disabled",
+    "-Dx11_autolaunch=enabled",
 ]