diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/mctp/mctp_2.5.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/mctp/mctp_2.6.bb
similarity index 82%
rename from meta-networking/recipes-support/mctp/mctp_2.5.bb
rename to meta-networking/recipes-support/mctp/mctp_2.6.bb
index a8787d3f2b..73e090bdab 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/mctp/mctp_2.5.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/mctp/mctp_2.6.bb
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
 
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=4cc91856b08b094b4f406a29dc61db21"
 
-SRCREV = "07c7a5d526f686da89bc9ae9cad917e46652b272"
+SRCREV = "31ac0e86b0e23d32abf34d191653a87a47f3c9a7"
 
 SRC_URI = "git://github.com/CodeConstruct/mctp;branch=main;protocol=https;tag=v${PV}"
 
 
-inherit meson pkgconfig systemd
+inherit meson pkgconfig systemd useradd
 
 EXTRA_OEMESON = " \
     -Dtests=false \
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ do_install:append () {
     fi
 }
 
+USERADD_PACKAGES = "${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'systemd', '${PN}', '', d)}"
+USERADD_PARAM:${PN} = "${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'systemd', '-r -U -s /bin/false mctpd', '', d)}"
+
 FILES:${PN} += " \
     ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'systemd', \
             '${datadir}/dbus-1/system.d/mctpd.conf', '', d)} \