diff --git a/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/mboxd/mboxd.bb b/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/mboxd/mboxd.bb
index 2d52a26..a5e1078 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/mboxd/mboxd.bb
+++ b/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/mboxd/mboxd.bb
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 inherit obmc-phosphor-systemd
 
 DEPENDS += "autoconf-archive-native"
+DEPENDS += "systemd"
 RDEPENDS_${PN} += "libsystemd"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"