diff --git a/src/plugins/mpris/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plugins/mpris/CMakeLists.txt
index e9c6a3742..2468be502 100644
--- a/src/plugins/mpris/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/plugins/mpris/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,10 +4,13 @@ set (mpris_SOURCES
 
 if (USE_ELOGIND)
   set(SDBUS "libelogind >= 239.3")
+  set(SDBUS_HEADER "<elogind/sd-bus.h>")
 elseif (USE_BASU)
   set(SDBUS "basu")
+  set(SDBUS_HEADER "<basu/sd-bus.h>")
 else()
   set(SDBUS "libsystemd")
+  set(SDBUS_HEADER "<systemd/sd-bus.h>")
 endif()
 
 find_package(PkgConfig)
@@ -18,5 +21,6 @@ if (NOT DEFINED SDBUS_LINK_LIBRARIES)
 else()
   message(STATUS "[mpris] plugin enabled. using " ${SDBUS_LINK_LIBRARIES})
   add_library(mpris SHARED ${mpris_SOURCES})
+  target_compile_definitions(mpris PUBLIC SDBUS_HEADER=${SDBUS_HEADER})
   target_link_libraries(mpris PkgConfig::SDBUS)
 endif()
diff --git a/src/plugins/mpris/dbus.h b/src/plugins/mpris/dbus.h
index 03e098dbf..8099dc3c1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/mpris/dbus.h
+++ b/src/plugins/mpris/dbus.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 extern "C" {
-    #include <systemd/sd-bus.h>
+    #include SDBUS_HEADER
 }
 
 extern const sd_bus_vtable musikcube_mp_table[];
diff --git a/src/plugins/mpris/mpris.h b/src/plugins/mpris/mpris.h
index 92d145c75..ce6e8e567 100644
--- a/src/plugins/mpris/mpris.h
+++ b/src/plugins/mpris/mpris.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #include <memory>
 
 extern "C" {
-    #include <systemd/sd-bus.h>
+    #include SDBUS_HEADER
 }
 
 using namespace musik::core::sdk;