diff --git a/package/systemd/Config.in b/package/systemd/Config.in
index dcabf3b456..b44d57afe2 100644
--- a/package/systemd/Config.in
+++ b/package/systemd/Config.in
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 		BR2_sh4a || BR2_sh4aeb || BR2_sparc || BR2_x86_64 || \
 		BR2_aarch64 || BR2_m68k
 
-config BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD
+menuconfig BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD
 	bool "systemd"
 	depends on BR2_INIT_SYSTEMD
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # util-linux