diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 76ca03e..32a8326 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -205,6 +205,8 @@ config_load_default(zathura_t* zathura)
   girara_setting_add(gsession, "statusbar-basename",     &bool_value,  BOOLEAN, false, _("Use basename of the file in the statusbar"), NULL, NULL);
   bool_value = false;
   girara_setting_add(gsession, "synctex",                &bool_value,  BOOLEAN, false, _("Enable synctex support"), NULL, NULL);
+  bool_value = true;
+  girara_setting_add(gsession, "synctex-dbus-service",   &bool_value,  BOOLEAN, false, _("Enable D-Bus service for synctex forward synchronization support"), NULL, NULL);
   string_value = "primary";
   girara_setting_add(gsession, "selection-clipboard",    string_value, STRING,  false, _("The clipboard into which mouse-selected data will be written"), NULL, NULL);
 
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 2f0c52a..692f1d2 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ main(int argc, char* argv[])
 
   if (synctex_fwd != NULL) {
     if (argc != 2) {
-      girara_error("Too many arguments or missing filename while running with --syntex-forward");
+      girara_error("Too many arguments or missing filename while running with --synctex-forward");
       return -1;
     }
 
diff --git a/zathura.c b/zathura.c
index d62ec2e..67b7a5d 100644
--- a/zathura.c
+++ b/zathura.c
@@ -805,8 +805,12 @@ document_open(zathura_t* zathura, const char* path, const char* password,
     position_set(zathura, file_info.position_x, file_info.position_y);
   }
 
-  /* Start D-Bus */
-  zathura->synctex.dbus = zathura_synctex_dbus_new(zathura);
+  /* Start D-Bus service for synctex forward synchronization */
+  bool synctex_dbus = true;
+  girara_setting_get(zathura->ui.session, "synctex-dbus-service", &synctex_dbus);
+  if (synctex_dbus == true) {
+    zathura->synctex.dbus = zathura_synctex_dbus_new(zathura);
+  }
 
   return true;
 
diff --git a/zathurarc.5.rst b/zathurarc.5.rst
index 54e8edd..deb826f 100644
--- a/zathurarc.5.rst
+++ b/zathurarc.5.rst
@@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ zoom-center
 ^^^^^^^^^^^
 En/Disables horizontally centered zooming
 
-* Value type: Bool
+* Value type: Boolean
 * Default value: False
 
 zoom-max
@@ -787,6 +787,13 @@ middle mouse button, or the Shift-Insert key combination.
 * Value type: String
 * Default value: primary
 
+syntex-dbus-service
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+En/disables the D-Bus service required for synctex forward synchronization.
+
+* Value type: Boolean
+* Default value: true
+
 SEE ALSO
 ========