diff --git a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-support/swupdate/swupdate/systemd.cfg b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-support/swupdate/swupdate/systemd.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d1faa003d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-support/swupdate/swupdate/systemd.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Add support to systemd
+CONFIG_SYSTEMD=y
diff --git a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-support/swupdate/swupdate_2022.05.bbappend b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-support/swupdate/swupdate_2022.05.bbappend
index 3d83e9df6..0a7490d88 100644
--- a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-support/swupdate/swupdate_2022.05.bbappend
+++ b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-support/swupdate/swupdate_2022.05.bbappend
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ RDEPENDS:${PN} += "libgcc"
 SRC_URI += " \
     file://0001-Makefile-change-Makefile-to-build-swupdate-library-s.patch \
     file://0002-config-add-on-the-fly-build-configuration-variable.patch \
+    ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'systemd', 'file://systemd.cfg', '', d)} \
 "
 
 do_configure:append() {