diff --git a/deb/common/control b/deb/common/control
index 7347fa26c0..e16a215275 100644
--- a/deb/common/control
+++ b/deb/common/control
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ Description: Docker CLI: the open-source application container engine
 
 Package: docker-ce-rootless-extras
 Architecture: linux-any
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}
+Depends: dbus-user-session,
+         ${shlibs:Depends}
 Enhances: docker-ce
 Conflicts: rootlesskit
 Replaces: rootlesskit
diff --git a/rpm/SPECS/docker-ce-rootless-extras.spec b/rpm/SPECS/docker-ce-rootless-extras.spec
index e52cfeca67..ed26884627 100644
--- a/rpm/SPECS/docker-ce-rootless-extras.spec
+++ b/rpm/SPECS/docker-ce-rootless-extras.spec
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Vendor: Docker
 Packager: Docker <support@docker.com>
 
 Requires: docker-ce
+# TODO: conditionally add `Requires: dbus-daemon` for Fedora and CentOS 8
 # slirp4netns >= 0.4 is available in the all supported versions of CentOS and Fedora.
 Requires: slirp4netns >= 0.4
 # fuse-overlayfs >= 0.7 is available in the all supported versions of CentOS and Fedora.