diff --git a/srcpkgs/alsa-utils/template b/srcpkgs/alsa-utils/template
index 49d6f9f837e..7b6bb0ce152 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/alsa-utils/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/alsa-utils/template
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 # Template build file for 'alsa-utils'.
 pkgname=alsa-utils
 version=1.0.28
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
-configure_args="--with-systemdsystemunitdir=/usr/lib/systemd/system
- --with-udev-rules-dir=/usr/lib/udev/rules.d -disable-alsaconf"
+configure_args="--with-udev-rules-dir=/usr/lib/udev/rules.d -disable-alsaconf"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config xmlto"
 makedepends="ncurses-devel alsa-lib-devel>=1.0.28 libsamplerate-devel"
 depends="alsa-lib>=1.0.28"
@@ -16,6 +15,12 @@ license="GPL-2"
 distfiles="ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/utils/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
 checksum=f3ff4c89b0125a7797b1b13cd094cc92276e655458274967386e812d03642acc
 
+build_options="systemd"
+
+if [ "$build_option_systemd" ]; then
+	configure_args+=" --with-systemdsystemunitdir=/usr/lib/systemd/system"
+fi
+
 post_install() {
 	# Install required udev rules file.
 	make -C alsactl 90-alsa-restore.rules