diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 6159692..6f9c7a7 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
 
+override_dh_auto_configure:
+	dh_auto_configure -- -DHAVE_SYSTEMD=1
+
 %:
 	dh $@ --buildsystem=cmake --parallel --builddirectory=build