diff --git a/subprojects/acpi-power-state-daemon/meson.build b/subprojects/acpi-power-state-daemon/meson.build
index c6b8f72..5b312ac 100644
--- a/subprojects/acpi-power-state-daemon/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/acpi-power-state-daemon/meson.build
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 headers = include_directories('.')
 
 systemd = dependency('systemd')
-systemunitdir = systemd.get_pkgconfig_variable('systemdsystemunitdir')
+systemunitdir = systemd.get_variable('systemdsystemunitdir')
 
 deps = [
   systemd,