diff --git a/package/modem-manager/Config.in b/package/modem-manager/Config.in
index 59b8d88f0b..1cd502b3ac 100644
--- a/package/modem-manager/Config.in
+++ b/package/modem-manager/Config.in
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_MODEM_MANAGER
 	bool "modemmanager"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_UDEV
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_DBUS
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # libglib2 and gnutls
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # dbus, libglib2
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # dbus
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_DBUS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_DBUS_GLIB
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGUDEV if BR2_INIT_SYSTEMD
 	help
 	  ModemManager is a DBus-activated daemon which controls mobile
 	  broadband (2G/3G/4G) devices and connections.
diff --git a/package/modem-manager/modem-manager.mk b/package/modem-manager/modem-manager.mk
index 0e6b36a749..36c8c0dbef 100644
--- a/package/modem-manager/modem-manager.mk
+++ b/package/modem-manager/modem-manager.mk
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ MODEM_MANAGER_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 MODEM_MANAGER_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf udev dbus-glib host-intltool
 MODEM_MANAGER_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_INIT_SYSTEMD),y)
+MODEM_MANAGER_DEPENDENCIES += libgudev
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_MODEM_MANAGER_LIBQMI),y)
 MODEM_MANAGER_DEPENDENCIES += libqmi
 MODEM_MANAGER_CONF_OPTS += --with-qmi