diff --git a/package/systemd/systemd.mk b/package/systemd/systemd.mk
index c79b64c717..3baa6e731a 100644
--- a/package/systemd/systemd.mk
+++ b/package/systemd/systemd.mk
@@ -87,6 +87,13 @@ else
 SYSTEMD_CONF_OPTS += --disable-seccomp
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXKBCOMMON),y)
+SYSTEMD_CONF_OPTS += --enable-xkbcommon
+SYSTEMD_DEPENDENCIES += libxkbcommon
+else
+SYSTEMD_CONF_OPTS += --disable-xkbcommon
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD_KDBUS),y)
 SYSTEMD_CONF_OPTS += --enable-kdbus
 else