diff --git a/utils/dbus/Makefile b/utils/dbus/Makefile
index b28a50632c..433a1da7d6 100644
--- a/utils/dbus/Makefile
+++ b/utils/dbus/Makefile
@@ -7,27 +7,22 @@
 
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
-# Make sure to also update the dbus-x package
 PKG_NAME:=dbus
-PKG_VERSION:=1.10.4
+PKG_VERSION:=1.12.8
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://dbus.freedesktop.org/releases/dbus/
-PKG_HASH:=ad7dcad73ad9b0ff55819985d354eacfffe07e2eb8c763e155efc21d6001084b
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://dbus.freedesktop.org/releases/dbus/
+PKG_HASH:=e2dc99e7338303393b6663a98320aba6a63421bcdaaf571c8022f815e5896eb3
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Steven Barth <cyrus@openwrt.org>
 PKG_LICENSE:=AFL-2.1
 
 PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
-PKG_FIXUP:=autoreconf
 PKG_INSTALL:=1
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/host-build.mk
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 
-TARGET_LDFLAGS+= \
-	-Wl,-rpath-link=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib \
-
 define Package/dbus/Default
   SECTION:=utils
   CATEGORY:=Utilities
@@ -69,7 +64,7 @@ endef
 define Package/dbus-utils
 $(call Package/dbus/Default)
  TITLE+= (utilities)
- DEPENDS:= dbus
+ DEPENDS:= +dbus
 endef
 
 define Package/dbus-utils/Description
@@ -77,135 +72,98 @@ $(call Package/dbus/Default/description)
  This package contains D-Bus utilities.
 endef
 
-
-define Build/Prepare
-	$(Build/Prepare/Default)
-	$(SED) 's/-Wl,--gc-sections/--gc-sections/' $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/configure
-endef
-
 CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
+	--disable-maintainer-mode \
+	--disable-developer \
+	--enable-debug=no \
 	--enable-shared \
-	--enable-static \
-	--disable-abstract-sockets \
-	--disable-ansi \
-	--disable-asserts \
-	--disable-console-owner-file \
-	--disable-doxygen-docs \
-	--disable-compiler_coverage \
-	--disable-selinux \
-	--disable-tests \
+	--disable-static \
 	--disable-verbose-mode \
+	--disable-asserts \
 	--disable-xml-docs \
-	--with-xml="expat" \
+	--disable-doxygen-docs \
+	--disable-ducktype-docs \
+	--disable-selinux \
+	--disable-apparmor \
+	--disable-libaudit \
+	--enable-inotify \
+	--disable-kqueue \
+	--disable-console-owner-file \
+	--disable-systemd \
+	--disable-tests \
+	--disable-code-coverage \
+	--disable-x11-autolaunch \
+	--with-session-socket-dir=/tmp \
+	--with-system-socket=/var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket \
+	--with-system-pid-file=/var/run/dbus.pid \
 	--with-dbus-user=root \
-	--with-dbus-daemondir="/usr/sbin" \
-	--with-system-socket="/var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket" \
-	--with-system-pid-file="/var/run/dbus.pid" \
-	--without-x \
-	--libexecdir=/usr/lib/dbus-1
-
-CONFIGURE_VARS+= \
-	ac_cv_have_abstract_sockets="yes" \
-	ac_cv_lib_expat_XML_ParserCreate_MM="yes" \
+	--without-x
 
 HOST_CONFIGURE_ARGS+= \
+	--disable-maintainer-mode \
+	--disable-developer \
+	--enable-debug=no \
 	--enable-shared \
-	--enable-static \
-	--disable-abstract-sockets \
-	--disable-ansi \
-	--disable-asserts \
-	--disable-console-owner-file \
-	--disable-docygen-docs \
-	--disable-compiler_coverage \
-	--disable-selinux \
-	--disable-tests \
+	--disable-static \
 	--disable-verbose-mode \
+	--disable-asserts \
 	--disable-xml-docs \
-	--with-dbus-user=root \
-	--with-dbus-daemondir="$(STAGING_DIR_HOSTPKG)/bin" \
+	--disable-doxygen-docs \
+	--disable-ducktype-docs \
+	--disable-selinux \
+	--disable-apparmor \
+	--disable-libaudit \
+	--enable-inotify \
+	--disable-kqueue \
+	--disable-console-owner-file \
+	--disable-systemd \
+	--disable-tests \
+	--disable-code-coverage \
+	--disable-x11-autolaunch \
 	--with-system-socket="$(STAGING_DIR_HOSTPKG)/var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket" \
 	--with-system-pid-file="$(STAGING_DIR_HOSTPKG)/var/run/dbus.pid" \
-	--without-x \
-	--libexecdir="$(STAGING_DIR_HOSTPKG)/lib/dbus-1"
-
-HOST_CONFIGURE_VARS+= \
-	ac_cv_have_abstract_sockets="yes" \
-	ac_cv_lib_expat_XML_ParserCreate_MM="yes" \
+	--with-dbus-daemondir="$(STAGING_DIR_HOSTPKG)/bin" \
+	--without-x
 
 define Build/InstallDev
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/include
-	$(CP) \
-		$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/dbus-1.0 \
-		$(1)/usr/include/
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/dbus-1.0 $(1)/usr/include/
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib/dbus-1.0/include/dbus/
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) \
 		$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/dbus-1.0/include/dbus/*.h \
 		$(1)/usr/lib/dbus-1.0/include/dbus/
-
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
-	$(INSTALL_DATA) \
-		$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libdbus-1.{so*,la,a} \
-		$(1)/usr/lib/
-	$(CP) \
-		$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/dbus-1.0 \
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libdbus-1.{so*,la} \
 		$(1)/usr/lib/
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/dbus-1.0 $(1)/usr/lib/
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig
-	$(INSTALL_DATA) \
-		$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/dbus-1.pc \
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/dbus-1.pc \
 		$(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/
 endef
 
-define Package/dbus/conffiles
-/etc/dbus-1/session.conf
-/etc/dbus-1/system.conf
-endef
-
 define Package/libdbus/install
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
-	$(CP) \
-		$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libdbus-1.so.* \
-		$(1)/usr/lib/
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libdbus-1.so.* $(1)/usr/lib/
 endef
 
 define Package/dbus/install
-	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/share
-	$(CP) \
-		$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/share/dbus-1 \
-		$(1)/usr/share/
-
-	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib/dbus-1
-	$(INSTALL_BIN) \
-		$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/dbus-1/dbus-daemon-launch-helper \
-		$(1)/usr/lib/dbus-1/
-
-	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/sbin
-	$(INSTALL_BIN) \
-		$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/sbin/dbus-daemon \
-		$(1)/usr/sbin/
-
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/bin
-	$(INSTALL_BIN) \
-		$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/bin/dbus-uuidgen \
-		$(1)/usr/bin/
-
-	$(INSTALL_BIN) \
-		$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/bin/dbus-launch \
-		$(1)/usr/bin/dbus-launch.real
-	$(INSTALL_BIN) \
-		./files/dbus-launch \
-		$(1)/usr/bin/
-
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/bin/dbus-cleanup-sockets $(1)/usr/bin/
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/bin/dbus-daemon $(1)/usr/bin/
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/bin/dbus-launch $(1)/usr/bin/dbus-launch.real
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/bin/dbus-uuidgen $(1)/usr/bin/
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) ./files/dbus-launch $(1)/usr/bin/
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/dbus-daemon-launch-helper $(1)/usr/lib/
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc/init.d
-	$(INSTALL_BIN) \
-		./files/dbus.init \
-		$(1)/etc/init.d/dbus
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) ./files/dbus.init $(1)/etc/init.d/dbus
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/share/dbus-1
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/share/dbus-1 $(1)/usr/share/
 endef
 
 define Package/dbus-utils/install
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/bin
-	$(INSTALL_BIN) \
-		$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/bin/dbus-{send,monitor,cleanup-sockets} \
-		$(1)/usr/bin/
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) 	$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/bin/dbus-{monitor,send,update-activation-environment} $(1)/usr/bin/
 endef
 
 $(eval $(call HostBuild))
diff --git a/utils/dbus/files/dbus.init b/utils/dbus/files/dbus.init
index 4294083778..afb70547cf 100644
--- a/utils/dbus/files/dbus.init
+++ b/utils/dbus/files/dbus.init
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ start() {
 	mkdir -m 0755 -p /var/lib/dbus
 	mkdir -m 0755 -p /var/run/dbus
 	[ -x /usr/bin/dbus-uuidgen ] && /usr/bin/dbus-uuidgen --ensure
-	service_start /usr/sbin/dbus-daemon --system
+	service_start /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --system
 }
 
 stop() {
-	service_stop /usr/sbin/dbus-daemon && rm $SERVICE_PID_FILE
+	service_stop /usr/bin/dbus-daemon
 }
diff --git a/utils/dbus/patches/100-fix-poll-select.patch b/utils/dbus/patches/100-fix-poll-select.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 64f652517e..0000000000
--- a/utils/dbus/patches/100-fix-poll-select.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-Index: dbus-1.9.4/tools/tool-common.c
-===================================================================
---- dbus-1.9.4.orig/tools/tool-common.c
-+++ dbus-1.9.4/tools/tool-common.c
-@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
- #include <string.h>
- #include <time.h>
- 
-+#include <sys/select.h>
-+
- #ifdef DBUS_WIN
- #include <windows.h>
- #endif