diff --git a/pkgs/servers/mautrix-facebook/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/mautrix-facebook/default.nix
index 901041578c2f..b9e86f01fbdb 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/mautrix-facebook/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/mautrix-facebook/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-{ fetchFromGitHub
+{ enableSystemd ? stdenv.isLinux
+, fetchFromGitHub
 , lib
 , python3
 , stdenv
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonPackage rec {
     ruamel_yaml
     unpaddedbase64
     yarl
-  ];
+  ] ++ lib.optional enableSystemd systemd;
 
   doCheck = false;