diff --git a/packages/sysutils/systemd/package.mk b/packages/sysutils/systemd/package.mk
index b91f41f523..ea7dcbe4d9 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/systemd/package.mk
+++ b/packages/sysutils/systemd/package.mk
@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ PKG_MESON_OPTS_TARGET="--libdir=/usr/lib \
                        -Dkmod-path=/usr/bin/kmod \
                        -Dmount-path=/usr/bin/mount \
                        -Dumount-path=/usr/bin/umount \
-                       -Ddebug-tty=$DEBUG_TTY"
+                       -Ddebug-tty=$DEBUG_TTY \
+                       -Dversion-tag=${PKG_VERSION}"
 
 pre_configure_target() {
   export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fno-schedule-insns -fno-schedule-insns2 -Wno-format-truncation"