diff --git a/package/cla-sysrepo/Config.in b/package/cla-sysrepo/Config.in
index 3289f80..80e5955 100644
--- a/package/cla-sysrepo/Config.in
+++ b/package/cla-sysrepo/Config.in
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_DOCOPT_CPP
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_SPDLOG
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_NETSNMP
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD
 	help
 	  Control CzechLight devices over YANG with sysrepo
diff --git a/package/cla-sysrepo/cla-sysrepo.mk b/package/cla-sysrepo/cla-sysrepo.mk
index 3740e59..fe6e834 100644
--- a/package/cla-sysrepo/cla-sysrepo.mk
+++ b/package/cla-sysrepo/cla-sysrepo.mk
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 CLA_SYSREPO_SITE = ssh://kundrat@cesnet.cz@gerrit.cesnet.cz:29418/CzechLight/cla-sysrepo
 CLA_SYSREPO_SITE_METHOD = git
 CLA_SYSREPO_INSTALL_STAGING = NO
-CLA_SYSREPO_DEPENDENCIES = sysrepo docopt-cpp spdlog netsnmp
+CLA_SYSREPO_DEPENDENCIES = sysrepo docopt-cpp spdlog netsnmp systemd
 CLA_SYSREPO_CONF_OPTS = -DTHREADS_PTHREAD_ARG:STRING=-pthread
 CLA_SYSREPO_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE.md