diff --git a/package/systemd/systemd.mk b/package/systemd/systemd.mk
index 9600fe9eb0..8ab0f6f370 100644
--- a/package/systemd/systemd.mk
+++ b/package/systemd/systemd.mk
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ SYSTEMD_CONF_OPTS += \
 	-Dkexec-path=/usr/sbin/kexec \
 	-Dsulogin-path=/usr/sbin/sulogin \
 	-Dmount-path=/usr/bin/mount \
-	-Dumount-path=/usr/bin/umount
+	-Dumount-path=/usr/bin/umount \
+	-Dnobody-group=nogroup
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_ACL),y)
 SYSTEMD_DEPENDENCIES += acl