diff --git a/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/network/network.bb b/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/network/network.bb
index 23459d9..99ea07a 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/network/network.bb
+++ b/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-phosphor/network/network.bb
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 DBUS_SERVICE_${PN} += "org.openbmc.NetworkManager.service"
 SYSTEMD_SERVICE_${PN} += "network-update-dns.service"
 
+DEPENDS += "systemd"
 RDEPENDS_${PN} += "python-dbus python-pygobject python-ipy"
 
 SRC_URI += "git://github.com/openbmc/phosphor-networkd"