diff --git a/package/systemd/systemd.mk b/package/systemd/systemd.mk
index 0d5e348594..10e11a9277 100644
--- a/package/systemd/systemd.mk
+++ b/package/systemd/systemd.mk
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ SYSTEMD_CONF_OPTS += \
 	-Dkexec-path=/usr/sbin/kexec \
 	-Dsulogin-path=/usr/sbin/sulogin \
 	-Dmount-path=/usr/bin/mount \
-	-Dumount-path=/usr/bin/umount
+	-Dumount-path=/usr/bin/umount \
+	-Dnobody-group=nogroup
 
 # disable unsupported features for non-glibc toolchains
 ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC),y)