diff --git a/meta-gnome/recipes-support/accountsservice/accountsservice_26.27.3.bb b/meta-gnome/recipes-support/accountsservice/accountsservice_26.27.3.bb
index 4a95d1410e..dc03677926 100644
--- a/meta-gnome/recipes-support/accountsservice/accountsservice_26.27.3.bb
+++ b/meta-gnome/recipes-support/accountsservice/accountsservice_26.27.3.bb
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ DEPENDS = " \

 inherit meson gobject-introspection gtk-doc features_check systemd vala pkgconfig

-REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "polkit"
+# libaccountsservice needs libsystemd or libelogind for its session tracking
+REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "polkit systemd"

 SRC_URI = "git://gitlab.freedesktop.org/${BPN}/${BPN}.git;protocol=https;branch=main;tag=${PV}"
 SRCREV = "4e254d9624cc48224c9920b9509df0b144f7be0c"