diff --git a/packages/sysutils/systemd/package.mk b/packages/sysutils/systemd/package.mk
index 36fb79bc67..9ccce7e8b2 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/systemd/package.mk
+++ b/packages/sysutils/systemd/package.mk
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ PKG_MESON_OPTS_TARGET="--libdir=/usr/lib \
                        -Dhwdb=true \
                        -Drfkill=false \
                        -Dldconfig=false \
-                       -Defi=false \
                        -Dtpm=false \
                        -Dima=false \
                        -Dsmack=false \
@@ -102,6 +101,12 @@ PKG_MESON_OPTS_TARGET="--libdir=/usr/lib \
                        -Ddebug-tty=${DEBUG_TTY} \
                        -Dversion-tag=${PKG_VERSION}"
 
+if [ "${PROJECT}" = "Generic" ]; then
+  PKG_MESON_OPTS_TARGET+=" -Defi=true"
+else
+  PKG_MESON_OPTS_TARGET+=" -Defi=false"
+fi
+
 pre_configure_target() {
   export TARGET_CFLAGS="${TARGET_CFLAGS} -fno-schedule-insns -fno-schedule-insns2 -Wno-format-truncation"
   export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8