diff -urNp -x '*.orig' dbus-1.12.20.org/configure.ac dbus-1.12.20/configure.ac
--- dbus-1.12.20.org/configure.ac	2020-07-02 12:09:52.000000000 +0200
+++ dbus-1.12.20/configure.ac	2022-01-08 14:11:46.166902428 +0100
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([DBUS_USE_SYNC], [$ha
 
 #### Various functions
 AC_SEARCH_LIBS(socket,[socket network])
-AC_CHECK_FUNC(gethostbyname,,[AC_CHECK_LIB(nsl,gethostbyname)])
+AC_CHECK_FUNC(gethostbyname,,[AC_SEARCH_LIBS(gethostbyname,nsl)])
 
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([syslog.h])
 if test "x$ac_cv_header_syslog_h" = "xyes"; then