diff --git a/utils/dbus/Makefile b/utils/dbus/Makefile
index e8b7ac55a9..240e100e76 100644
--- a/utils/dbus/Makefile
+++ b/utils/dbus/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2007-2011 OpenWrt.org
+# Copyright (C) 2007-2014 OpenWrt.org
 #
 # This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
 # See /LICENSE for more information.
@@ -9,13 +9,14 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 # Make sure to also update the dbus-x package
 PKG_NAME:=dbus
-PKG_VERSION:=1.8.6
+PKG_VERSION:=1.8.8
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://dbus.freedesktop.org/releases/dbus/
-PKG_MD5SUM:=6a08ba555d340e9dfe2d623b83c0eea8
+PKG_MD5SUM:=b9f4a18ee3faa1e07c04aa1d83239c43
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Steven Barth <cyrus@openwrt.org>
+PKG_LICENSE:=AFL-2.1
 
 PKG_FIXUP:=autoreconf
 PKG_INSTALL:=1