diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 7941311..02f5eab 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Build-Depends:
  libpcsclite-dev,
  libpulse-dev,
  libssl-dev,
+ libsystemd-dev [linux-any],
  libudev-dev [linux-any],
  libusb-1.0-0-dev [linux-any],
  libwayland-dev [linux-any],
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index dcd5f2c..f2a5e72 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -16,9 +16,11 @@ endif
 DEB_HOST_ARCH_OS=$(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_ARCH_OS)
 ifeq (,$(filter linux, $(DEB_HOST_ARCH_OS)))
 WITH_WAYLAND = -DWITH_WAYLAND=OFF
+WITH_LIBSYSTEMD = -DWITH_LIBSYSTEMD=OFF
 WITH_ALSA = -DWITH_ALSA=OFF
 else
 WITH_WAYLAND =
+WITH_LIBSYSTEMD =
 WITH_ALSA =
 endif
 
@@ -53,6 +55,7 @@ DEB_CMAKE_EXTRA_FLAGS :=  -DCMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR=include/$(shell dpkg-archit
                           -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF \
                           -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RELWITHDEBINFO \
                           $(WITH_WAYLAND) \
+                          $(WITH_LIBSYSTEMD) \
                           -DWITH_CLIENT_INTERFACE=OFF \
                           $(WITH_NEON) \
                           $(NULL)