diff --git a/srcpkgs/fprintd/template b/srcpkgs/fprintd/template
index 6803d353b0f..246d2e85cfc 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/fprintd/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/fprintd/template
@@ -1,20 +1,22 @@
 # Template file for 'fprintd'
 pkgname=fprintd
 version=0.5.1
-revision=4
+revision=5
 lib32disabled=yes
+build_options="systemd"
 build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--sysconfdir=/etc/$pkgname --disable-static
+ $(vopt_if systemd '' '--without-systemdsystemunitdir')"
+conf_files="/etc/fprintd/fprintd.conf /etc/dbus-1/system.d/net.reactivated.Fprint.conf"
 short_desc="Daemon that provides fingerprint scanning functionality"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <eb@s01.de>"
 homepage="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fprint/"
 hostmakedepends="intltool pkg-config"
-makedepends="libfprint-devel dbus-devel dbus-glib-devel polkit-devel systemd-devel pam-devel"
+makedepends="libfprint-devel dbus-devel dbus-glib-devel polkit-devel pam-devel
+ $(vopt_if systemd systemd-devel)"
 license="GPL"
 distfiles="http://people.freedesktop.org/~hadess/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=9256970fe30cb0332c1932fc0dad3c8d83570eb8e153305e9430e3cd90806e58
-configure_args="--sysconfdir=/etc/$pkgname --disable-static"
-conf_files="/etc/fprintd/fprintd.conf /etc/dbus-1/system.d/net.reactivated.Fprint.conf"
-systemd_services="${pkgname}.service on"
 
 post_install() {
 	mv $DESTDIR/etc/$pkgname/dbus-1 $DESTDIR/etc