diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 24e729a..05069c5 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
                libsctp-dev,
                libusb-1.0-0-dev,
                libmnl-dev,
+               libsystemd-dev,
                python3:native
 Standards-Version: 3.9.8
 Vcs-Git: git://git.osmocom.org/libosmocore.git
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index afff17f..f5b71eb 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 	dh_auto_test || (find . -name testsuite.log -exec cat {} \; ; false)
 
 override_dh_auto_configure:
-	dh_auto_configure -- --enable-static --disable-sctp-tests
+	dh_auto_configure -- --enable-static --disable-sctp-tests --enable-systemd-logging
 
 override_dh_clean:
 	dh_clean