diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/weston.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/weston.py
index ac29eca..36b4f9e 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/weston.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/weston.py
@@ -34,7 +34,10 @@
         return 'export XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/0; export WAYLAND_DISPLAY=wayland-0; %s' % cmd
 
     def run_weston_init(self):
-        self.target.run(self.get_weston_command('weston --log=%s' % self.weston_log_file))
+        if 'systemd' in self.tc.td['DISTRO_FEATURES']:
+            self.target.run('systemd-run --collect --unit=weston-ptest.service --uid=0 -p PAMName=login -p TTYPath=/dev/tty6 -E XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/tmp -E WAYLAND_DISPLAY=wayland-0 /usr/bin/weston --socket=wayland-1 --log=%s' % self.weston_log_file)
+        else:
+            self.target.run(self.get_weston_command('openvt -- weston --socket=wayland-1 --log=%s' % self.weston_log_file))
 
     def get_new_wayland_processes(self, existing_wl_processes):
         try_cnt = 0
@@ -63,7 +66,10 @@
         new_wl_processes, try_cnt = self.get_new_wayland_processes(existing_wl_processes)
         existing_and_new_weston_processes = self.get_processes_of('weston', 'existing and new')
         new_weston_processes = [x for x in existing_and_new_weston_processes if x not in existing_weston_processes]
-        for w in new_weston_processes:
-            self.target.run('kill -9 %s' % w)
+        if 'systemd' in self.tc.td['DISTRO_FEATURES']:
+            self.target.run('systemctl stop weston-ptest.service')
+        else:
+            for w in new_weston_processes:
+                self.target.run('kill -9 %s' % w)
         __, weston_log = self.target.run('cat %s' % self.weston_log_file)
         self.assertTrue(new_wl_processes, msg='Could not get new weston-desktop-shell processes (%s, try_cnt:%s) weston log: %s' % (new_wl_processes, try_cnt, weston_log))