diff --git a/package/systemd/systemd.mk b/package/systemd/systemd.mk
index 79e657e5f3..75ad961d59 100644
--- a/package/systemd/systemd.mk
+++ b/package/systemd/systemd.mk
@@ -115,7 +115,8 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGCRYPT),y)
 SYSTEMD_DEPENDENCIES += libgcrypt
 SYSTEMD_CONF_OPTS += \
 	--enable-gcrypt	\
-	--with-libgcrypt-prefix=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr
+	--with-libgcrypt-prefix=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr \
+	--with-libgpg-error-prefix=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr
 else
 SYSTEMD_CONF_OPTS += --disable-gcrypt
 endif