diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_255.4.bb b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_255.4.bb
index 8a816c4bc1..17f28a9897 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_255.4.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_255.4.bb
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ SRC_URI += " \
            file://systemd-pager.sh \
            file://0002-binfmt-Don-t-install-dependency-links-at-install-tim.patch \
            file://0008-implment-systemd-sysv-install-for-OE.patch \
-           file://0001-NamePolicy.patch \
+           ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'predictable-if-mac', 'file://0001-NamePolicy.patch', '', d)} \
            "
 
 # patches needed by musl
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ PACKAGECONFIG ??= " \
     nss \
     nss-mymachines \
     nss-resolve \
+    predictable-if-mac \
     quotacheck \
     randomseed \
     resolved \
@@ -197,6 +198,7 @@ PACKAGECONFIG[polkit] = "-Dpolkit=true,-Dpolkit=false"
 PACKAGECONFIG[polkit_hostnamed_fallback] = ",,,,dbus-broker,polkit"
 PACKAGECONFIG[portabled] = "-Dportabled=true,-Dportabled=false"
 PACKAGECONFIG[pstore] = "-Dpstore=true,-Dpstore=false"
+PACKAGECONFIG[predictable-if-mac] = ",,,"
 PACKAGECONFIG[qrencode] = "-Dqrencode=true,-Dqrencode=false,qrencode,,qrencode"
 PACKAGECONFIG[quotacheck] = "-Dquotacheck=true,-Dquotacheck=false"
 PACKAGECONFIG[randomseed] = "-Drandomseed=true,-Drandomseed=false"