diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/cups/cups.inc b/meta/recipes-extended/cups/cups.inc
index 2994973b8c..ba9bc6c6a6 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/cups/cups.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/cups/cups.inc
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ PACKAGECONFIG[avahi] = "--enable-avahi,--disable-avahi,avahi"
 PACKAGECONFIG[acl] = "--enable-acl,--disable-acl,acl"
 PACKAGECONFIG[gnutls] = "--enable-gnutls,--disable-gnutls,gnutls"
 PACKAGECONFIG[pam] = "--enable-pam --with-pam-module=unix, --disable-pam, libpam"
-PACKAGECONFIG[systemd] = "--with-systemd=${systemd_system_unitdir},--without-systemd,systemd"
+PACKAGECONFIG[systemd] = "--with-systemd=${systemd_system_unitdir},--disable-systemd,systemd"
 PACKAGECONFIG[xinetd] = "--with-xinetd=${sysconfdir}/xinetd.d,--without-xinetd,xinetd"
 
 EXTRA_OECONF = " \