diff --git a/mods/haproxy.nix b/mods/haproxy.nix
index e04671d..0e36dad 100644
--- a/mods/haproxy.nix
+++ b/mods/haproxy.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,21 @@
 final: prev:
-with prev;
 rec {
-  inherit (stdenv) isLinux isDarwin isAarch64;
+  inherit (prev.stdenv) isLinux isDarwin isAarch64;
 
   # haproxy overrides
-  haproxy-pin = { version, sha256 }: haproxy.overrideAttrs (attrs: rec {
-    inherit version;
-    src = fetchurl {
-      inherit sha256;
-      url = "https://www.haproxy.org/download/${lib.versions.majorMinor version}/src/${attrs.pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    };
-  });
+  haproxy-pin = { version, sha256 }:
+    let
+      oldDeps = if isLinux then [ final.systemd ] else [ ];
+      pre3 = (builtins.compareVersions version "3.0.0") == -1;
+    in
+    prev.haproxy.overrideAttrs (old: rec {
+      inherit version;
+      src = prev.fetchurl {
+        inherit sha256;
+        url = "https://www.haproxy.org/download/${prev.lib.versions.majorMinor version}/src/${old.pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
+      };
+      buildInputs = old.buildInputs ++ (if pre3 then oldDeps else [ ]);
+    });
   haproxy-2-2-23 = haproxy-pin {
     version = "2.2.23";
     sha256 = "sha256-3lc7eGtm7izLmnmiN7DpHTwnokchR0+VadWHjo651Po=";