diff --git src/DBus/sayonara-ctl src/DBus/sayonara-ctl
index 2fe80d48..3a5660a8 100755
--- src/DBus/sayonara-ctl
+++ src/DBus/sayonara-ctl
@@ -4,11 +4,20 @@
 import sys
 import argparse
 
+# Either pydbus or dbus modules will do, and wrap their API
+# to get a bus-object with dbus_get_object()
 try:
     from pydbus import SessionBus
+    def dbus_get_object(bus, name, path):
+        return bus.get(name, path)
 except ImportError as e:
-    print("Cannot find pydbus module. Please install first")
-    sys.exit(1)
+    try:
+        from dbus import SessionBus
+        def dbus_get_object(bus, name, path):
+            return bus.get_object(name, path)
+    except ImportError as e:
+        print("Cannot find pydbus or dbus module. Please install first")
+        sys.exit(1)
 
 def sgn(num):
     if num > 0:
@@ -38,7 +47,8 @@ def main():
     bus = SessionBus()
     try:
         global gSayonaraInstance
-        gSayonaraInstance = bus.get(
+        gSayonaraInstance = dbus_get_object(
+            bus,
             "org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.sayonara",  # Bus name
             "/org/mpris/MediaPlayer2"           # Object path
         )
diff --git src/DBus/sayonara-query src/DBus/sayonara-query
index f92a10e1..dcf7d735 100755
--- src/DBus/sayonara-query
+++ src/DBus/sayonara-query
@@ -3,11 +3,20 @@
 import sys
 import argparse
 
+# Either pydbus or dbus modules will do, and wrap their API
+# to get a bus-object with dbus_get_object()
 try:
     from pydbus import SessionBus
+    def dbus_get_object(bus, name, path):
+        return bus.get(name, path)
 except ImportError as e:
-    print("Cannot find pydbus module. Please install first")
-    sys.exit(1)
+    try:
+        from dbus import SessionBus
+        def dbus_get_object(bus, name, path):
+            return bus.get_object(name, path)
+    except ImportError as e:
+        print("Cannot find pydbus or dbus module. Please install first")
+        sys.exit(1)
 
 attributes = {
     'album':         'xesam:album',
@@ -77,7 +86,8 @@ def main():
     bus = SessionBus()
 
     try:
-        sayonara = bus.get(
+        sayonara = dbus_get_object(
+            bus,
             'org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.sayonara',  # Bus name
             '/org/mpris/MediaPlayer2'           # Object path
         )