diff --git a/package/systemd/systemd.hash b/package/systemd/systemd.hash
index 17f4c0f890..b5cb1ca0c5 100644
--- a/package/systemd/systemd.hash
+++ b/package/systemd/systemd.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 # sha256 locally computed
 sha256 8b3e99da3d4164b66581830a7f2436c0c8fe697b5fbdc3927bdb960646be0083  systemd-233.tar.gz
+sha256 eed8fef0045876e9efa0ba6725ed9ea93654bf24d67bb5aad467a341ad375883  a924f43f30f9c4acaf70618dd2a055f8b0f166be.patch
diff --git a/package/systemd/systemd.mk b/package/systemd/systemd.mk
index 5112d537e3..0b62cf043e 100644
--- a/package/systemd/systemd.mk
+++ b/package/systemd/systemd.mk
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ SYSTEMD_DEPENDENCIES = \
 SYSTEMD_PROVIDES = udev
 SYSTEMD_AUTORECONF = YES
 
+SYSTEMD_PATCH = \
+	https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/a924f43f30f9c4acaf70618dd2a055f8b0f166be.patch
+
 # Make sure that systemd will always be built after busybox so that we have
 # a consistent init setup between two builds
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX),y)