diff --git a/gvfs.changes b/gvfs.changes
index 32adc79..33f95aa 100644
--- a/gvfs.changes
+++ b/gvfs.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Dec 27 10:02:01 UTC 2019 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- BuildRequire pkgconfig(systemd): meson.build tries to inspect
+  systtemd.pc to find the right unit-directories.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Nov 22 10:57:07 UTC 2019 - Bjørn Lie <bjorn.lie@gmail.com>
 
diff --git a/gvfs.spec b/gvfs.spec
index 360f104..9bd8030 100644
--- a/gvfs.spec
+++ b/gvfs.spec
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libsystemd)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libusb-1.0) >= 1.0.21
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(polkit-gobject-1) >= 0.114
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(smbclient)
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(systemd)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(udisks2) >= 1.97
 Recommends:     %{name}-lang
 Recommends:     gvfs-backends