diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/dbus/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/dbus/default.nix
index 376fe9f64eec..b3723f1b4d21 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/dbus/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/dbus/default.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1zp5gpx61v1cpqf2zwb1cidhp9xylvw49d3zydkxqk6b1qa20xpp";
   };
 
-  patches = lib.optional stdenv.isSunOS ./implement-getgrouplist.patch;
+  patches = [
+    # 'generate.consistent.ids=1' ensures reproducible docs, for further details see
+    # http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/doc/html/generate.consistent.ids.html
+    # Also applied upstream in https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/dbus/dbus/-/merge_requests/189,
+    # expected in version 1.14
+    ./docs-reproducible-ids.patch
+  ] ++ (lib.optional stdenv.isSunOS ./implement-getgrouplist.patch);
 
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace tools/Makefile.in \
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/dbus/docs-reproducible-ids.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/dbus/docs-reproducible-ids.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2356b64d95cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/dbus/docs-reproducible-ids.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+diff --color -Naur dbus-1.12.20-original/doc/Makefile.in dbus-1.12.20-hacked2/doc/Makefile.in
+--- dbus-1.12.20-original/doc/Makefile.in	2020-07-02 12:10:41.000000000 +0200
++++ dbus-1.12.20-hacked2/doc/Makefile.in	2020-11-07 09:57:15.297694773 +0100
+@@ -870,8 +870,10 @@
+ .PRECIOUS: Makefile
+ 
+ 
++# 'generate.consistent.ids=1' ensures reproducible docs, for further details see
++# http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/doc/html/generate.consistent.ids.html
+ @DBUS_XML_DOCS_ENABLED_TRUE@%.html: %.xml
+-@DBUS_XML_DOCS_ENABLED_TRUE@	$(XMLTO) html-nochunks $<
++@DBUS_XML_DOCS_ENABLED_TRUE@	$(XMLTO) --stringparam generate.consistent.ids=1 html-nochunks $<
+ 
+ @DBUS_XML_DOCS_ENABLED_TRUE@%.1: %.1.xml
+ @DBUS_XML_DOCS_ENABLED_TRUE@	$(XMLTO) man $<