diff --git a/package/base/dbus/dbus.conf b/package/base/dbus/dbus.conf
index e36819ec6..59d6f3e8a 100644
--- a/package/base/dbus/dbus.conf
+++ b/package/base/dbus/dbus.conf
@@ -23,5 +23,12 @@
 pkginstalled qt33 && var_append extraconfopt " " "--enable-qt3"
 # pkginstalled qt40 && var_append extraconfopt " " "--enable-qt"
 var_append extraconfopt " " "--disable-mono"
-hook_add postmake 3 "install_init dbus $confdir/dbus.init; ln -s $root/usr/include/dbus-1.0/dbus $root/usr/include/dbus; ln -s $root/usr/lib/dbus-1.0/include/dbus/dbus-arch-deps.h $root/usr/include/dbus"
+
+dbus_postmake() {
+	install_init dbus $confdir/dbus.init
+	ln -fs dbus-1.0/dbus $root/usr/include/.
+	ln -fs /usr/lib/dbus-1.0/include/dbus/dbus-arch-deps.h $root/usr/include/dbus/
+}
+
+hook_add postmake 3 "dbus_postmake"