diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/dbus/dbus-1.6.10/os-test.patch b/meta/recipes-core/dbus/dbus-1.6.10/os-test.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..79554b1ee1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/dbus/dbus-1.6.10/os-test.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+dbus: remove build host test in configure script
+
+The dbus build tests the build host to detect what initscript
+environment it expects.  Remove the test and set it to "redhat"
+unconditionally as the oe-core initscript has a redhat-style pid file
+path.
+
+Signed-off-by: Andy Ross <andy.ross@windriver.com>
+Upstream-Status: innappropriate [embedded]
+
+diff -u a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
+--- a/configure.ac	2012-08-28 11:23:43.040609874 -0700
++++ b/configure.ac	2012-08-28 11:54:25.602913945 -0700
+@@ -1348,19 +1348,8 @@
+ AS_AC_EXPAND(EXPANDED_LIBEXECDIR, "$libexecdir")
+ AS_AC_EXPAND(EXPANDED_DATADIR, "$datadir")
+ 
+-#### Check our operating system
+-operating_system=unknown
+-if test -f /etc/redhat-release || test -f $EXPANDED_SYSCONFDIR/redhat-release ; then
+-   operating_system=redhat
+-fi
+-
+-if test -f /etc/slackware-version || test -f $EXPANDED_SYSCONFDIR/slackware-version ; then
+-   operating_system=slackware
+-fi
+-
+-if test -f /usr/bin/cygwin1.dll || test -f $EXPANDED_BINDIR/cygwin1.dll ; then
+-   operating_system=cygwin
+-fi
++#### Build host test removed from upstream code, openembedded initscript is redhat-like:
++operating_system=redhat
+ 
+ #### Sort out init scripts
+ 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/dbus/dbus.inc b/meta/recipes-core/dbus/dbus.inc
index b07aefa3b5..580a93661a 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/dbus/dbus.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/dbus/dbus.inc
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ INC_PR = "r6"
 
 SRC_URI = "http://dbus.freedesktop.org/releases/dbus/dbus-${PV}.tar.gz \
            file://tmpdir.patch; \
-           file://dbus-1.init"
+           file://dbus-1.init \
+           file://os-test.patch \
+"
 
 inherit useradd autotools pkgconfig gettext update-rc.d