diff --git a/package/systemd/systemd.mk b/package/systemd/systemd.mk
index 313e781995..e57b595f6f 100644
--- a/package/systemd/systemd.mk
+++ b/package/systemd/systemd.mk
@@ -73,6 +73,13 @@ else
 SYSTEMD_CONF_OPTS += --disable-audit
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBIDN),y)
+SYSTEMD_CONF_OPTS += --enable-libidn
+SYSTEMD_DEPENDENCIES += libidn
+else
+SYSTEMD_CONF_OPTS += --disable-libidn
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSECCOMP),y)
 SYSTEMD_CONF_OPTS += --enable-seccomp
 SYSTEMD_DEPENDENCIES += libseccomp