diff --git a/packages/sysutils/systemd/package.mk b/packages/sysutils/systemd/package.mk
index 2c62696d83..d9b285557b 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/systemd/package.mk
+++ b/packages/sysutils/systemd/package.mk
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ PKG_MESON_OPTS_TARGET="--libdir=/usr/lib \
                        -Ddefault-dnssec=no \
                        -Dimportd=false \
                        -Dremote=false \
-                       -Dutmp=false \
+                       -Dutmp=true \
                        -Dhibernate=false \
                        -Denvironment-d=false \
                        -Dbinfmt=false \