diff --git a/tests/meson.build b/tests/meson.build
index 0a204c46e4..f0f3d8c1ef 100644
--- a/tests/meson.build
+++ b/tests/meson.build
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ endif
 if conf.has('WITH_NETWORK')
   tests += [
     { 'name': 'networkxml2conftest', 'link_with': [ network_driver_impl ] },
-    { 'name': 'networkxml2firewalltest', 'link_with': [ network_driver_impl ] },
+    { 'name': 'networkxml2firewalltest', 'link_with': [ network_driver_impl ], 'deps': [ dbus_dep ] },
     { 'name': 'networkxml2xmltest', 'link_with': [ network_driver_impl ] },
   ]
 endif
diff --git a/tests/networkxml2firewalltest.c b/tests/networkxml2firewalltest.c
index 29e7d8bc38..80e2d6a035 100644
--- a/tests/networkxml2firewalltest.c
+++ b/tests/networkxml2firewalltest.c
@@ -26,8 +26,13 @@
 
 #if defined (__linux__)
 
+# if WITH_DBUS
+#  include <dbus/dbus.h>
+# endif
+
 # include "network/bridge_driver_platform.h"
 # include "virbuffer.h"
+# include "virmock.h"
 
 # define LIBVIRT_VIRFIREWALLPRIV_H_ALLOW
 # include "virfirewallpriv.h"
@@ -43,6 +48,22 @@
 #  error "test case not ported to this platform"
 # endif
 
+# if WITH_DBUS
+VIR_MOCK_WRAP_RET_ARGS(dbus_connection_send_with_reply_and_block,
+                       DBusMessage *,
+                       DBusConnection *, connection,
+                       DBusMessage *, message,
+                       int, timeout_milliseconds,
+                       DBusError *, error)
+{
+    VIR_MOCK_REAL_INIT(dbus_connection_send_with_reply_and_block);
+
+    dbus_set_error_const(error, "org.freedesktop.error", "dbus is disabled");
+
+    return NULL;
+}
+# endif
+
 static void
 testCommandDryRun(const char *const*args G_GNUC_UNUSED,
                   const char *const*env G_GNUC_UNUSED,
@@ -176,7 +197,11 @@ mymain(void)
     return ret == 0 ? EXIT_SUCCESS : EXIT_FAILURE;
 }
 
+# if WITH_DBUS
+VIR_TEST_MAIN_PRELOAD(mymain, VIR_TEST_MOCK("virdbus"))
+# else
 VIR_TEST_MAIN(mymain)
+# endif
 
 #else /* ! defined (__linux__) */