diff --git a/src/gui/platform/unix/qgenericunixthemes.cpp b/src/gui/platform/unix/qgenericunixthemes.cpp
index 67de34923fd..53142d81968 100644
--- a/src/gui/platform/unix/qgenericunixthemes.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/platform/unix/qgenericunixthemes.cpp
@@ -78,17 +78,19 @@ static const char defaultFixedFontNameC[] = "monospace";
 enum { defaultSystemFontSize = 9 };
 
 #if !defined(QT_NO_DBUS) && !defined(QT_NO_SYSTEMTRAYICON)
-static bool isDBusTrayAvailable() {
-    static bool dbusTrayAvailable = false;
-    static bool dbusTrayAvailableKnown = false;
-    if (!dbusTrayAvailableKnown) {
+static bool shouldUseDBusTray() {
+    // There's no other tray implementation to fallback to on non-X11
+    // and QDBusTrayIcon can register the icon on the fly after creation
+    static bool result = QGuiApplication::platformName() != "xcb"_L1;
+    static bool resultKnown = result;
+    if (!resultKnown) {
         QDBusMenuConnection conn;
         if (conn.isWatcherRegistered())
-            dbusTrayAvailable = true;
-        dbusTrayAvailableKnown = true;
-        qCDebug(qLcTray) << "D-Bus tray available:" << dbusTrayAvailable;
+            result = true;
+        resultKnown = true;
+        qCDebug(qLcTray) << "D-Bus tray available:" << result;
     }
-    return dbusTrayAvailable;
+    return result;
 }
 #endif
 
@@ -476,7 +478,7 @@ QPlatformMenuBar *QGenericUnixTheme::createPlatformMenuBar() const
 #if !defined(QT_NO_DBUS) && !defined(QT_NO_SYSTEMTRAYICON)
 QPlatformSystemTrayIcon *QGenericUnixTheme::createPlatformSystemTrayIcon() const
 {
-    if (isDBusTrayAvailable())
+    if (shouldUseDBusTray())
         return new QDBusTrayIcon();
     return nullptr;
 }
@@ -1247,7 +1249,7 @@ QPlatformMenuBar *QKdeTheme::createPlatformMenuBar() const
 #if !defined(QT_NO_DBUS) && !defined(QT_NO_SYSTEMTRAYICON)
 QPlatformSystemTrayIcon *QKdeTheme::createPlatformSystemTrayIcon() const
 {
-    if (isDBusTrayAvailable())
+    if (shouldUseDBusTray())
         return new QDBusTrayIcon();
     return nullptr;
 }
@@ -1442,7 +1444,7 @@ Qt::ColorScheme QGnomeTheme::colorScheme() const
 #if !defined(QT_NO_DBUS) && !defined(QT_NO_SYSTEMTRAYICON)
 QPlatformSystemTrayIcon *QGnomeTheme::createPlatformSystemTrayIcon() const
 {
-    if (isDBusTrayAvailable())
+    if (shouldUseDBusTray())
         return new QDBusTrayIcon();
     return nullptr;
 }