diff --git a/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/ibus/build-without-dbus-launch.patch b/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/ibus/build-without-dbus-launch.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cb587ccf47d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/ibus/build-without-dbus-launch.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+diff --git a/data/dconf/make-dconf-override-db.sh b/data/dconf/make-dconf-override-db.sh
+index 601c1c3f..fcb7305d 100755
+--- a/data/dconf/make-dconf-override-db.sh
++++ b/data/dconf/make-dconf-override-db.sh
+@@ -12,10 +12,6 @@ export XDG_CACHE_HOME="$TMPDIR/cache"
+ export GSETTINGS_SCHEMA_DIR="$TMPDIR/schemas"
+ mkdir -p $XDG_CONFIG_HOME $XDG_CACHE_HOME $GSETTINGS_SCHEMA_DIR
+ 
+-eval `dbus-launch --sh-syntax`
+-
+-trap 'rm -rf $TMPDIR; kill $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_PID' ERR
+-
+ # in case that schema is not installed on the system
+ glib-compile-schemas --targetdir "$GSETTINGS_SCHEMA_DIR" "$PWD"
+ 
+@@ -52,5 +48,3 @@ if [ -d $TMPDIR/cache/gvfs ] ; then
+     umount $TMPDIR/cache/gvfs
+ fi
+ rm -rf $TMPDIR
+-
+-kill $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_PID
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/ibus/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/ibus/default.nix
index e3403e334b8b..e3b4acf7f28d 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/ibus/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/ibus/default.nix
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       pythonInterpreter = python3Runtime.interpreter;
       pythonSitePackages = python3.sitePackages;
     })
+    ./build-without-dbus-launch.patch
   ];
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" "installedTests" ];