diff --git a/package/cog/Config.in b/package/cog/Config.in
index a9ca7473a9..5f00c5a2dd 100644
--- a/package/cog/Config.in
+++ b/package/cog/Config.in
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_COG_PLATFORM_DRM
 	  with video drivers that support kernel mode-setting (KMS)
 	  via the DRM user-space API.
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_COG_USE_SYSTEM_DBUS
+	bool "expose system D-Bus control interface"
+	help
+	  Expose remote control interface on system bus
+
 comment "DRM platform needs mesa3d w/ EGL driver and GBM"
 	depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_MESA3D_OPENGL_EGL
 
diff --git a/package/cog/cog.mk b/package/cog/cog.mk
index c7fc5e6fee..86bdf935d2 100644
--- a/package/cog/cog.mk
+++ b/package/cog/cog.mk
@@ -31,4 +31,10 @@ else
 COG_CONF_OPTS += -DCOG_PLATFORM_DRM=OFF
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_COG_USE_SYSTEM_DBUS),y)
+COG_CONF_OPTS += -DCOG_DBUS_SYSTEM_BUS=ON
+else
+COG_CONF_OPTS += -DCOG_DBUS_SYSTEM_BUS=OFF
+endif
+
 $(eval $(cmake-package))