diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/malcontent/malcontent-ui.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/malcontent/malcontent-ui.bb
index d0a975a457..4cce5213d8 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/malcontent/malcontent-ui.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/malcontent/malcontent-ui.bb
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ GIR_MESON_OPTION = ""
 GTKIC_VERSION = "4"
 inherit  meson pkgconfig gtk-icon-cache gobject-introspection gettext features_check

-REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "pam polkit gobject-introspection"
+REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "pam polkit gobject-introspection systemd"

 EXTRA_OEMESON = "-Dui=enabled"

diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/malcontent/malcontent.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/malcontent/malcontent.bb
index 0bb258e2b0..91df15745b 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/malcontent/malcontent.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/malcontent/malcontent.bb
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ GIR_MESON_OPTION = ""

 inherit  meson pkgconfig gobject-introspection gettext features_check useradd

-REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "pam polkit gobject-introspection"
+REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "pam polkit gobject-introspection systemd"

 PACKAGECONFIG ?= "ui"
 PACKAGECONFIG[ui] = ",,,malcontent-ui"