diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_261.3.bb b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_261.3.bb
index 0901736e7c9e..7506b6a1368d 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_261.3.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_261.3.bb
@@ -897,7 +897,7 @@ pkg_postinst:${PN}:libc-glibc () {
 	fi
 	if ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'nss', 'true', 'false', d)}; then
 		sed -e 's#\(^passwd:.*\)#\1 systemd#' \
-			-e 's#\(^group:.*\)#\1 systemd#' \
+			-e 's#\(^group:.*\)#\1 [SUCCESS=merge] systemd#' \
 			-e 's#\(^shadow:.*\)#\1 systemd#' \
 			-i $D${sysconfdir}/nsswitch.conf
 	fi