diff --git a/lisp/net/tramp-gvfs.el b/lisp/net/tramp-gvfs.el
index c283c119b87..687cc7e1bc6 100644
--- a/lisp/net/tramp-gvfs.el
+++ b/lisp/net/tramp-gvfs.el
@@ -123,7 +123,10 @@
     (and (featurep 'dbusbind)
 	 (tramp-compat-funcall 'dbus-get-unique-name :session)
 	 (or (tramp-process-running-p "gvfs-fuse-daemon")
-	     (tramp-process-running-p "gvfsd-fuse"))))
+	     (tramp-process-running-p "gvfsd-fuse")
+             ;; Gvfs may be built without fuse
+             ;; (cf. https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/tramp-devel/2025-10/msg00009.html).
+	     (tramp-process-running-p "gvfsd"))))
   "Non-nil when GVFS is available.")
 
 ;;;###tramp-autoload