diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 65e5b54..4984d1a 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -257,10 +257,11 @@
 bmcweb_dependencies += tinyxml
 
 systemd = dependency('systemd')
-add_project_arguments('-DSYSTEMD_VERSION=' + systemd.version(), language: 'cpp')
+libsystemd = dependency('libsystemd')
+add_project_arguments('-DLIBSYSTEMD_VERSION=' + libsystemd.version(), language: 'cpp')
 
 zlib = dependency('zlib')
-bmcweb_dependencies += [systemd, zlib]
+bmcweb_dependencies += [libsystemd, zlib]
 
 nlohmann_json_dep = dependency(
     'nlohmann_json',