diff --git a/package/swupdate/swupdate.mk b/package/swupdate/swupdate.mk
index 12dafcc1a2..144587d11c 100644
--- a/package/swupdate/swupdate.mk
+++ b/package/swupdate/swupdate.mk
@@ -112,6 +112,13 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD),y)
 SWUPDATE_DEPENDENCIES += systemd
+define SWUPDATE_SET_SYSTEMD
+	$(call KCONFIG_ENABLE_OPT,CONFIG_SYSTEMD)
+endef
+else
+define SWUPDATE_SET_SYSTEMD
+	$(call KCONFIG_DISABLE_OPT,CONFIG_SYSTEMD)
+endef
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBUBOOTENV),y)
@@ -165,6 +172,7 @@ SWUPDATE_MAKE_OPTS = \
 define SWUPDATE_KCONFIG_FIXUP_CMDS
 	$(SWUPDATE_PREFER_STATIC)
 	$(SWUPDATE_SET_LUA_VERSION)
+	$(SWUPDATE_SET_SYSTEMD)
 endef
 
 define SWUPDATE_BUILD_CMDS