diff --git a/board/common/rootfs/etc/finit.d/dbus.conf b/board/common/rootfs/etc/finit.d/dbus.conf
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+# Override Finit plugin
+service cgroup.system name:dbus pid:!/run/messagebus.pid <pid/syslogd>    \
+	[S123456789] /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --nofork --system --syslog-only \
+	-- D-Bus message bus daemon
+