diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/default.nix
index da99280f63b8..f1da382bfa56 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/default.nix
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
     "-Dsetfont-path=${kbd}/bin/setfont"
     "-Dtty-gid=3" # tty in NixOS has gid 3
     "-Ddebug-shell=${bashInteractive}/bin/bash"
+    "-Dglib=${stdenv.lib.boolToString (glib != null)}"
     # while we do not run tests we should also not build them. Removes about 600 targets
     "-Dtests=false"
     "-Dimportd=${stdenv.lib.boolToString withImportd}"
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c801d335ab90..1838908b1dd4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -18660,6 +18660,7 @@ in
     withImportd = false;
     withCryptsetup = false;
     cryptsetup = null;
+    glib = null;
     lvm2 = null;
   };