diff --git a/archlinux/PKGBUILD b/archlinux/PKGBUILD
index 4c58315f..749bc573 100644
--- a/archlinux/PKGBUILD
+++ b/archlinux/PKGBUILD
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ build() {
     -GNinja \
     -DMKSPECS_INSTALL_DIR=lib/qt/mkspecs/modules \
     -DBUILD_DOCS=ON \
+    -DBUILD_WITH_SYSTEMD=ON \
     -DBUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF \
     -DQCH_INSTALL_DESTINATION=share/doc/qt \
     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib \
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index c9404da4..df25bf79 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ endif
 	dh $@
 
 override_dh_auto_configure:
-	dh_auto_configure -- -DBUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF -DBUILD_DOCS=ON -DBUILD_VERSION=$(BUILD_VER) -DDTK_VERSION=$(PACK_VER) -DD_DSG_APP_DATA_FALLBACK=/var/dsg/appdata
+        dh_auto_configure -- -DBUILD_WITH_SYSTEMD=ON -DBUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF -DBUILD_DOCS=ON -DBUILD_VERSION=$(BUILD_VER) -DDTK_VERSION=$(PACK_VER) -DD_DSG_APP_DATA_FALLBACK=/var/dsg/appdata
 
 #override_dh_auto_test:
 #	echo "skip auto test"
diff --git a/dtkcore.cmake b/dtkcore.cmake
index 3a7307c8..95c98d41 100644
--- a/dtkcore.cmake
+++ b/dtkcore.cmake
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
 endif()
 
 set (BUILD_WITH_SYSTEMD OFF CACHE BOOL "Build with systemd")
+if (BUILD_WITH_SYSTEMD)
+    add_definitions(-DBUILD_WITH_SYSTEMD)
+endif()
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 
diff --git a/src/log/LogManager.cpp b/src/log/LogManager.cpp
index 50246fff..5ff0c194 100644
--- a/src/log/LogManager.cpp
+++ b/src/log/LogManager.cpp
@@ -149,6 +149,8 @@ void DLogManager::initJournalAppender()
     Q_D(DLogManager);
     d->m_journalAppender = new JournalAppender();
     dlogger->registerAppender(d->m_journalAppender);
+#else
+    qWarning() <<  "BUILD_WITH_SYSTEMD not defined or OS not support!!";
 #endif
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index a42284de..bc1b5a29 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ if(LINUX)
     if("${QT_VERSION_MAJOR}" STREQUAL "5")
         pkg_check_modules(QGSettings REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET gsettings-qt)
     endif()
-    if(BUILD_WITH_SYSTEMD)
-        pkg_check_modules(Systemd REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET libsystemd)
-    endif()
 endif()
 
 find_package(Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR} REQUIRED COMPONENTS Xml)
@@ -88,13 +85,6 @@ if(LINUX)
           )
     endif()
 
-    if(BUILD_WITH_SYSTEMD)
-        target_link_libraries(
-            ${BIN_NAME} PRIVATE
-            PkgConfig::Systemd
-        )
-    endif()
-
     target_link_libraries(
         ${BIN_NAME} PRIVATE
         Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR}::DBus