diff --git a/packages/sysutils/systemd/package.mk b/packages/sysutils/systemd/package.mk
index 4a3ff561e4..6cdd0bef26 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/systemd/package.mk
+++ b/packages/sysutils/systemd/package.mk
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ PKG_MESON_OPTS_TARGET="--libdir=/usr/lib \
                        -Dzshcompletiondir=no \
                        -Dkmod-path=/usr/bin/kmod \
                        -Dmount-path=/usr/bin/mount \
-                       -Dumount-path=/usr/bin/umount"
+                       -Dumount-path=/usr/bin/umount \
+                       -Dversion-tag=${PKG_VERSION}"
 
 pre_configure_target() {
   export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fno-schedule-insns -fno-schedule-insns2 -Wno-format-truncation"