diff --git a/package/systemd/systemd.mk b/package/systemd/systemd.mk
index 6536a2740d..cce9162f6d 100644
--- a/package/systemd/systemd.mk
+++ b/package/systemd/systemd.mk
@@ -245,9 +245,9 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGCRYPT),y)
 SYSTEMD_DEPENDENCIES += libgcrypt
-SYSTEMD_CONF_OPTS += -Ddefault-dnssec=allow-downgrade -Dgcrypt=true
+SYSTEMD_CONF_OPTS += -Dgcrypt=true
 else
-SYSTEMD_CONF_OPTS += -Ddefault-dnssec=no -Dgcrypt=false
+SYSTEMD_CONF_OPTS += -Dgcrypt=false
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_P11_KIT),y)
@@ -317,6 +317,12 @@ else
 SYSTEMD_CONF_OPTS += -Dselinux=false
 endif
 
+ifneq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGCRYPT)$(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL),)
+SYSTEMD_CONF_OPTS += -Ddefault-dnssec=allow-downgrade
+else
+SYSTEMD_CONF_OPTS += -Ddefault-dnssec=no
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD_HWDB),y)
 SYSTEMD_CONF_OPTS += -Dhwdb=true
 define SYSTEMD_BUILD_HWDB