diff --git a/mariadb.changes b/mariadb.changes
index eaa8236..1e1b4b8 100644
--- a/mariadb.changes
+++ b/mariadb.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jun 16 09:55:54 UTC 2014 - coolo@suse.com
+
+- switch from buildrequire systemd to pkgconfig(systemd) to avoid cycles
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri May 23 09:04:30 CEST 2014 - mhrusecky@suse.cz
 
diff --git a/mariadb.spec b/mariadb.spec
index d1f0ce8..fb7f27a 100644
--- a/mariadb.spec
+++ b/mariadb.spec
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 # Please submit bugfixes or comments via http://bugs.opensuse.org/
 #
 
+
 # Few definitions which will alter build
 %define preferred    01
 %define use_systemd  01
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ Requires:       %{name}-errormessages = %version
 Requires:       perl-base
 # systemd requirements for openSUSE >= 12.1
 %if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1210
-BuildRequires:  systemd
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(systemd)
 %{?systemd_requires}
 %endif
 %if "%{name}" != mysql