diff --git a/package/systemd/Config.in b/package/systemd/Config.in
index 601398bf96..aef39abe27 100644
--- a/package/systemd/Config.in
+++ b/package/systemd/Config.in
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD_HOSTNAMED
 config BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD_HWDB
 	bool "enable hwdb installation"
 	default y
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_EUDEV # for udevadm, during target-finalize
 	help
 	  Enables hardware database installation to /usr/lib/udev/hwdb.d