diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/at-spi2-core/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/at-spi2-core/default.nix
index 4502b4afa38..926dd9b04fb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/at-spi2-core/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/at-spi2-core/default.nix
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     libXi
     # libXext is a transitive dependency of libXi
     libXext
-  ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux [
+  ] ++ lib.optionals (lib.meta.availableOn stdenv.hostPlatform systemd) [
     # libsystemd is a needed for dbus-broker support
     systemd
   ];