diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-linux.yml b/.github/workflows/release-linux.yml
index dca67d84dc..d94b25c409 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-linux.yml
@@ -104,6 +104,12 @@ jobs:
         /vcpkg/vcpkg install python3
         ln -sf /vcpkg/installed/x64-linux/tools/python3/python3.[0-9][0-9] /usr/bin/python3
 
+        # SDL2 needs dbus, but dbus default install comes with libsystemd
+        # and some of libsystemd deps fail to build on our quite old linux.
+        # So just install basic dbus without any extra deps.
+        /vcpkg/vcpkg install dbus[core]
+
+        # Now we can install OpenTTD dependencies
         /vcpkg/vcpkg install \
           curl[http2] \
           fontconfig \