diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/generic-builder.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/generic-builder.nix
index 13d2d33abfcd..3d5c692930b6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/generic-builder.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/erlang/generic-builder.nix
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 , parallelBuild ? false
 , systemd
 , wxSupport ? true
+, systemdSupport ? stdenv.isLinux # systemd support in epmd
   # updateScript deps
 , writeScript
 , common-updater-scripts
@@ -42,7 +43,6 @@
 , javacPackages ? [ openjdk11 ]
 , odbcSupport ? false
 , odbcPackages ? [ unixODBC ]
-, withSystemd ? stdenv.isLinux # systemd support in epmd
 , opensslPackage ? openssl
 , wxPackages ? [ libGL libGLU wxGTK xorg.libX11 ]
 , preUnpack ? ""
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
     ++ optionals wxSupport wxPackages2
     ++ optionals odbcSupport odbcPackages
     ++ optionals javacSupport javacPackages
-    ++ optional withSystemd systemd
+    ++ optional systemdSupport systemd
     ++ optionals stdenv.isDarwin (with pkgs.darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks; [ AGL Carbon Cocoa WebKit ]);
 
   debugInfo = enableDebugInfo;
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
     ++ optional javacSupport "--with-javac"
     ++ optional odbcSupport "--with-odbc=${unixODBC}"
     ++ optional wxSupport "--enable-wx"
-    ++ optional withSystemd "--enable-systemd"
+    ++ optional systemdSupport "--enable-systemd"
     ++ optional stdenv.isDarwin "--enable-darwin-64bit"
     ++ configureFlags;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f0d944d525aa..2a21a905cf2c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -12695,6 +12695,11 @@ with pkgs;
 
   beam = callPackage ./beam-packages.nix { };
   beam_nox = callPackage ./beam-packages.nix { beam = beam_nox; wxSupport = false; };
+  beam_minimal = callPackage ./beam-packages.nix {
+    beam = beam_minimal;
+    wxSupport = false;
+    systemdSupport = false;
+  };
 
   inherit (beam.interpreters)
     erlang erlangR24 erlangR23 erlangR22 erlangR21
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/beam-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/beam-packages.nix
index 1b5ff3a3f25a..bdd8b6e32516 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/beam-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/beam-packages.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-{ beam, callPackage, wxGTK30, buildPackages, wxSupport ? true }:
+{ beam, callPackage, wxGTK30, buildPackages, stdenv
+, wxSupport ? true
+, systemdSupport ? stdenv.isLinux
+}:
 
 with beam; {
   lib = callPackage ../development/beam-modules/lib.nix { };
@@ -23,7 +26,7 @@ with beam; {
       # Can be enabled since the bug has been fixed in https://github.com/erlang/otp/pull/2508
       parallelBuild = true;
       autoconf = buildPackages.autoconf269;
-      inherit wxSupport;
+      inherit wxSupport systemdSupport;
     };
     erlangR24_odbc = erlangR24.override { odbcSupport = true; };
     erlangR24_javac = erlangR24.override { javacSupport = true; };
@@ -38,7 +41,7 @@ with beam; {
       # Can be enabled since the bug has been fixed in https://github.com/erlang/otp/pull/2508
       parallelBuild = true;
       autoconf = buildPackages.autoconf269;
-      inherit wxSupport;
+      inherit wxSupport systemdSupport;
     };
     erlangR23_odbc = erlangR23.override { odbcSupport = true; };
     erlangR23_javac = erlangR23.override { javacSupport = true; };
@@ -53,7 +56,7 @@ with beam; {
       # Can be enabled since the bug has been fixed in https://github.com/erlang/otp/pull/2508
       parallelBuild = true;
       autoconf = buildPackages.autoconf269;
-      inherit wxSupport;
+      inherit wxSupport systemdSupport;
     };
     erlangR22_odbc = erlangR22.override { odbcSupport = true; };
     erlangR22_javac = erlangR22.override { javacSupport = true; };
@@ -66,7 +69,7 @@ with beam; {
     erlangR21 = lib.callErlang ../development/interpreters/erlang/R21.nix {
       wxGTK = wxGTK30;
       autoconf = buildPackages.autoconf269;
-      inherit wxSupport;
+      inherit wxSupport systemdSupport;
     };
     erlangR21_odbc = erlangR21.override { odbcSupport = true; };
     erlangR21_javac = erlangR21.override { javacSupport = true; };