diff --git a/package/rauc-hawkbit-updater/rauc-hawkbit-updater.mk b/package/rauc-hawkbit-updater/rauc-hawkbit-updater.mk
index 3836d3c84e..da1c020bb6 100644
--- a/package/rauc-hawkbit-updater/rauc-hawkbit-updater.mk
+++ b/package/rauc-hawkbit-updater/rauc-hawkbit-updater.mk
@@ -12,4 +12,11 @@ RAUC_HAWKBIT_UPDATER_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
 RAUC_HAWKBIT_UPDATER_DEPENDENCIES = json-glib libcurl
 RAUC_HAWKBIT_UPDATER_CFLAGS = $(TARGET_CFLAGS) -std=c99
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD),y)
+RAUC_HAWKBIT_UPDATER_DEPENDENCIES += systemd
+RAUC_HAWKBIT_UPDATER_CONF_OPTS += -Dsystemd=enabled
+else
+RAUC_HAWKBIT_UPDATER_CONF_OPTS += -Dsystemd=disabled
+endif
+
 $(eval $(meson-package))