diff --git a/yocto-poky/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu.inc b/yocto-poky/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu.inc
index 738bf2b..f6c0ae3 100644
--- a/yocto-poky/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu.inc
+++ b/yocto-poky/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu.inc
@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@
 	BHOST_PKGCONFIG_PATH=$(PATH=/usr/bin:/bin pkg-config --variable pc_path pkg-config || echo "")
 	if [ ! -z "$BHOST_PKGCONFIG_PATH" ]; then
 		export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$PKG_CONFIG_PATH:$BHOST_PKGCONFIG_PATH
+		# link with system dbus on Ubuntu 15.10
+		# FIXME: remove below 4 lines when oe dbus is upgraded
+		if [ -r /etc/lsb-release -a "$(lsb_release -is)$(lsb_release -rs)" = "Ubuntu15.10" ] ; then
+			libs=$(PKG_CONFIG_ALLOW_SYSTEM_LIBS=1 PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$BHOST_PKGCONFIG_PATH PATH=/usr/bin:/bin pkg-config --libs dbus-1 || echo "")
+			[ -n "$libs" ] && export LDFLAGS="$libs $LDFLAGS"
+		fi
 	fi
 }