diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c87a7cc84eeb6ff47abc33bbcdf4c3465819a056..be7217fe2a5a8fd422093fcdd8d047ee8fe1b883 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ $(eval $(call find_lib,libmemcached,1.0))
 $(eval $(call find_lib,hiredis))
 $(eval $(call find_lib,socket_wrapper))
 $(eval $(call find_lib,libdnssec))
-$(eval $(call find_lib,libsystemd))
+$(eval $(call find_lib,libsystemd,227))
 
 # Find Go version and platform
 GO_VERSION := $(shell $(GO) version 2>/dev/null)