diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/uu/uutils-procps/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/uu/uutils-procps/package.nix
index 47823f26226d..bd6bd3cd0c65 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/uu/uutils-procps/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/uu/uutils-procps/package.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   lib,
+  stdenv,
   rustPlatform,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   pkg-config,
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
     writableTmpDirAsHomeHook
   ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ systemdLibs ];
+  buildInputs = lib.optionals (lib.meta.availableOn stdenv.hostPlatform systemdLibs) [ systemdLibs ];
 
   checkFlags = [
     # can't run on sandbox