diff --git a/stalld.spec b/stalld.spec
index f500891..064eb9e 100644
--- a/stalld.spec
+++ b/stalld.spec
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ License:        GPL-2.0-only AND GPL-2.0-or-later
 URL:            https://gitlab.com/rt-linux-tools/%{name}/%{name}.git
 Source0:        https://gitlab.com/rt-linux-tools/stalld/-/archive/v%{version}/stalld-v%{version}.tar.bz2
 Patch0:         pid-dir.patch
-Requires:       systemd
+BuildRequires:  systemd-rpm-macros
+%{?systemd_requires}
 Requires(post): %fillup_prereq
 
 %description