diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/db/dbus-broker/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/db/dbus-broker/package.nix
index 20a3fd102b02..d3e68660b94b 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/db/dbus-broker/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/db/dbus-broker/package.nix
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ let
   # part of the dbus-broker project, just in separate repositories.
   c-dvar = dep {
     pname = "c-dvar";
-    version = "1.1.0";
-    hash = "sha256-p/C+BktclVseCtZJ1Q/YK03vP2ClnYRLB1Vmj2OQJD4=";
+    version = "1.2.0";
+    hash = "sha256-OlV6yR1tNWFN+rxPPGmbfbh7WyB6FwORyZR1V553iYE=";
     buildInputs = [
       c-stdaux
       c-utf8
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ let
   };
   c-stdaux = dep {
     pname = "c-stdaux";
-    version = "1.5.0";
-    hash = "sha256-MsnuEyVCmOIr/q6I1qyPsNXp48jxIEcXoYLHbOAZtW0=";
+    version = "1.6.0";
+    hash = "sha256-/15lop+WUkTW9v9h7BBdwRSpJgcBXaJNtMM7LXgcQE4=";
   };
   c-utf8 = dep {
     pname = "c-utf8";
@@ -105,13 +105,13 @@ in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "dbus-broker";
-  version = "36";
+  version = "37";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "bus1";
     repo = "dbus-broker";
     rev = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-5dAMKjybqrHG57vArbtWEPR/svSj2ION75JrjvnnpVM=";
+    hash = "sha256-a9ydcJKZP8MLzu9lv40p9sTyo8IsU++9HOFeGU3+Tok=";
   };
 
   patches = [
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/db/dbus-broker/paths.patch b/pkgs/by-name/db/dbus-broker/paths.patch
index 577270d30dce..726674c857eb 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/db/dbus-broker/paths.patch
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/db/dbus-broker/paths.patch
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 diff --git a/src/launch/launcher.c b/src/launch/launcher.c
-index 5bf5cf5..06ce7f4 100644
+index 7b1fb19..6bc2c46 100644
 --- a/src/launch/launcher.c
 +++ b/src/launch/launcher.c
-@@ -924,9 +924,7 @@ static int launcher_load_standard_session_services(Launcher *launcher, NSSCache
- 
- static int launcher_load_standard_system_services(Launcher *launcher, NSSCache *nss_cache) {
+@@ -945,9 +945,7 @@ static int launcher_load_standard_system_services(Launcher *launcher, NSSCache *
          static const char *default_data_dirs[] = {
+                 "/etc",
+                 "/run",
 -                "/usr/local/share",
 -                "/usr/share",
 -                "/lib",
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ index 5bf5cf5..06ce7f4 100644
                  NULL,
          };
          const char *suffix = "dbus-1/system-services";
-@@ -1012,9 +1010,9 @@ static int launcher_parse_config(Launcher *launcher, ConfigRoot **rootp, NSSCach
+@@ -1033,9 +1031,9 @@ static int launcher_parse_config(Launcher *launcher, ConfigRoot **rootp, NSSCach
          if (launcher->configfile)
                  configfile = launcher->configfile;
          else if (launcher->user_scope)