diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/smartmontools/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/smartmontools/default.nix
index 55ec05d2a9a7..7394fb7e59e7 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/smartmontools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/smartmontools/default.nix
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 , gnused
 , hostname
 , mailutils
+, systemdLibs
 , IOKit
 , ApplicationServices
 }:
@@ -45,7 +46,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
-  buildInputs = lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ IOKit ApplicationServices ];
+  buildInputs = lib.optionals stdenv.isLinux [ systemdLibs ]
+    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ IOKit ApplicationServices ];
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {