diff --git a/package/nfs-utils/nfs-utils.mk b/package/nfs-utils/nfs-utils.mk
index b757e3e51d..9ea3bae79d 100644
--- a/package/nfs-utils/nfs-utils.mk
+++ b/package/nfs-utils/nfs-utils.mk
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ NFS_UTILS_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS += NFS_UTILS_INSTALL_FIXUP
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_INIT_SYSTEMD),y)
 NFS_UTILS_CONF_OPTS += --with-systemd=/usr/lib/systemd/system
-NFS_UTILS_DEPENDENCIES += systemd
+NFS_UTILS_DEPENDENCIES += systemd host-systemd
 else
 NFS_UTILS_CONF_OPTS += --without-systemd
 endif