diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6f5207e..2c7531a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -36,13 +36,6 @@ endif
 ifeq (,$(findstring -DLOCALEDIR,${CPPFLAGS}))
 CPPFLAGS += -DLOCALEDIR=\"${LOCALEDIR}\"
 endif
-ifeq (,$(findstring -DDBUSINTERFACEDIR,${CPPFLAGS}))
-ifneq ($(WITH_LOCAL_DBUS_XML),0)
-CPPFLAGS += -DDBUSINTERFACEDIR=\"$(abspath data)\"
-else
-CPPFLAGS += -DDBUSINTERFACEDIR=\"${DBUSINTERFACEDIR}\"
-endif
-endif
 
 SOURCE        = $(filter-out $(SOURCE_FILTER),$(OSOURCE))
 OBJECTS       = $(addprefix ${BUILDDIR_RELEASE}/,${SOURCE:.c=.o})
diff --git a/config.mk b/config.mk
index 625897e..edbeb94 100644
--- a/config.mk
+++ b/config.mk
@@ -47,11 +47,6 @@ WITH_SYNCTEX ?= $(shell (${PKG_CONFIG} synctex && echo 1) || echo 0)
 # To disable support for mimetype detction with libmagic set WITH_MAGIC to 0.
 WITH_MAGIC ?= 1
 
-# use local D-Bus interface
-# Enable this if the D-Bus interface XML from data should be used (useful for
-# development).
-WITH_LOCAL_DBUS_XML ?= 0
-
 # paths
 PREFIX ?= /usr
 MANPREFIX ?= ${PREFIX}/share/man
diff --git a/data/zathura.gresource.xml b/data/zathura.gresource.xml
index a74b211..835b35b 100644
--- a/data/zathura.gresource.xml
+++ b/data/zathura.gresource.xml
@@ -3,4 +3,7 @@
   <gresource prefix="/org/pwmt/zathura/CSS">
     <file compressed="true">zathura.css_t</file>
   </gresource>
+  <gresource prefix="/org/pwmt/zathura/DBus">
+    <file compressed="true">org.pwmt.zathura.xml</file>
+  </gresource>
 </gresources>
diff --git a/zathura/dbus-interface.c b/zathura/dbus-interface.c
index 056c93a..0948117 100644
--- a/zathura/dbus-interface.c
+++ b/zathura/dbus-interface.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "document.h"
 #include "utils.h"
 #include "adjustment.h"
+#include "resources.h"
 
 #include <girara/session.h>
 #include <girara/utils.h>
@@ -16,24 +17,17 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
-static const char DBUS_XML_FILENAME[] = "org.pwmt.zathura.xml";
+static const char DBUS_XML_FILENAME[] = "/org/pwmt/zathura/DBus/org.pwmt.zathura.xml";
 
-static char* load_xml_data(void)
+static GBytes* load_xml_data(void)
 {
-#ifdef DBUSINTERFACEDIR
-  char* file_path = g_build_filename(DBUSINTERFACEDIR, DBUS_XML_FILENAME, NULL);
-  if (file_path == NULL) {
-    return NULL;
+  GResource* resource = zathura_resources_get_resource();
+  if (resource != NULL) {
+    return g_resource_lookup_data(resource, DBUS_XML_FILENAME,
+                                  G_RESOURCE_LOOKUP_FLAGS_NONE, NULL);
   }
 
-  girara_debug("Loading D-Bus interface data from %s.", file_path);
-  char* content = girara_file_read(file_path);
-  g_free(file_path);
-  return content;
-#else
-  girara_error("DBUSINTERFACEDIR is not defined. D-Bus interface will not be available.");
   return NULL;
-#endif
 }
 
 G_DEFINE_TYPE(ZathuraDbus, zathura_dbus, G_TYPE_OBJECT)
@@ -163,7 +157,7 @@ zathura_dbus_new(zathura_t* zathura)
   private_t* priv   = GET_PRIVATE(dbus);
   priv->zathura     = zathura;
 
-  char* xml_data = load_xml_data();
+  GBytes* xml_data = load_xml_data();
   if (xml_data == NULL)
   {
     girara_warning("Failed to load introspection data.");
@@ -172,8 +166,8 @@ zathura_dbus_new(zathura_t* zathura)
   }
 
   GError* error = NULL;
-  priv->introspection_data = g_dbus_node_info_new_for_xml(xml_data, &error);
-  g_free(xml_data);
+  priv->introspection_data = g_dbus_node_info_new_for_xml((const char*) g_bytes_get_data(xml_data, NULL), &error);
+  g_bytes_unref(xml_data);
 
   if (priv->introspection_data == NULL) {
     girara_warning("Failed to parse introspection data: %s", error->message);