diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 201c26816d..e58d4086c8 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -2381,6 +2381,7 @@ libvirt_lxc_CFLAGS =				\
 		$(PIE_CFLAGS)			\
 		$(LIBNL_CFLAGS)			\
 		$(FUSE_CFLAGS)			\
+		$(DBUS_CFLAGS)			\
 		$(NULL)
 if WITH_BLKID
 libvirt_lxc_CFLAGS += $(BLKID_CFLAGS)
diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_controller.c b/src/lxc/lxc_controller.c
index bb33c2823c..b881f172de 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_controller.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_controller.c
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 #include "virrandom.h"
 #include "virprocess.h"
 #include "virnuma.h"
+#include "virdbus.h"
 #include "rpc/virnetserver.h"
 #include "virstring.h"
 
@@ -2200,6 +2201,12 @@ virLXCControllerRun(virLXCControllerPtr ctrl)
         if (virLXCControllerConsoleSetNonblocking(&(ctrl->consoles[i])) < 0)
             goto cleanup;
 
+    /* We must not hold open a dbus connection for life
+     * of LXC instance, since dbus-daemon is limited to
+     * only a few 100 connections by default
+     */
+    virDBusCloseSystemBus();
+
     rc = virLXCControllerMain(ctrl);
 
     virLXCControllerEventSendExit(ctrl, rc);
@@ -2351,6 +2358,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
     virEventRegisterDefaultImpl();
 
+    virDBusSetSharedBus(false);
+
     if (!(ctrl = virLXCControllerNew(name)))
         goto cleanup;