diff --git a/local/patches/dbus/dbus-root-uid.patch b/local/patches/dbus/dbus-root-uid.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ac5e0a1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local/patches/dbus/dbus-root-uid.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+--- a/dbus-1.16.2/bus/system.conf.in
++++ b/dbus-1.16.2/bus/system.conf.in
+@@ -82,23 +82,23 @@
+   </policy>
+ 
+   <!-- Only systemd, which runs as root, may report activation failures. -->
+-  <policy user="root">
++  <policy user="0">
+     <allow send_destination="org.freedesktop.DBus"
+            send_interface="org.freedesktop.systemd1.Activator"/>
+   </policy>
+ 
+   <!-- root may monitor the system bus. -->
+-  <policy user="root">
++  <policy user="0">
+     <allow send_destination="org.freedesktop.DBus"
+            send_interface="org.freedesktop.DBus.Monitoring"/>
+   </policy>
+ 
+   <!-- If the Stats interface was enabled at compile-time, root may use it.
+        Copy this into system.local.conf or system.d/*.conf if you want to
+        enable other privileged users to view statistics and debug info -->
+-  <policy user="root">
++  <policy user="0">
+     <allow send_destination="org.freedesktop.DBus"
+            send_interface="org.freedesktop.DBus.Debug.Stats"/>
+   </policy>
diff --git a/recipes/wip/services/dbus/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/services/dbus/recipe.toml
index baffcbbc..96aca532 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/services/dbus/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/services/dbus/recipe.toml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ tar = "https://dbus.freedesktop.org/releases/dbus/dbus-1.16.2.tar.xz"
 blake3 = "b1d1f22858a8f04665e5dca29d194f892620f00fd3e3f4e89dd208e78868436e"
 patches = [
     "redox.patch",
+    "dbus-root-uid.patch",
 ]
 
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