diff --git a/lib/meson.build b/lib/meson.build
index 9c65652..1e2f51f 100644
--- a/lib/meson.build
+++ b/lib/meson.build
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
 threads_dep = dependency('threads')
 
 phosphor_logging_deps = [
+    libsystemd_dep,
     pdi_dep,
     sdbusplus_dep,
-    systemd_dep,
     threads_dep
 ]
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index a059cdf..2832504 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 cpp = meson.get_compiler('cpp')
 
 python_prog = find_program('python3', native: true)
-systemd_dep = dependency('systemd')
+libsystemd_dep = dependency('libsystemd')
 
 sdbusplus_dep = dependency('sdbusplus')
 sdbusplusplus_prog = find_program('sdbus++', native: true)