diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 0a2b24d4b2..7c22aca371 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1616,7 +1616,8 @@ executable('systemd',
            include_directories : includes,
            link_with : [libcore,
                         libshared],
-           dependencies : [threads,
+           dependencies : [versiondep,
+                           threads,
                            librt,
                            libseccomp,
                            libselinux,