diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 04008a8b..d9698d45 100755
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -149,13 +149,18 @@ if(NO_SYSTEMD)
     message(STATUS "SYSTEMD support is disabled...")
 else()
     message(STATUS "SYSTEMD support is requested (NO_SYSTEMD not defined) checking deps...")
-    pkg_check_modules(LIBSYSTEMD libsystemd)
     check_include_file("systemd/sd-daemon.h" SYSTEMDH)
-    if(LIBSYSTEMD_FOUND AND SYSTEMDH)
-        add_compile_definitions(USES_SYSTEMD)
-        target_link_libraries(Hyprland "${LIBSYSTEMD_LIBRARIES}")
+    if(SYSTEMDH)
+        pkg_check_modules(LIBSYSTEMD libsystemd)
+        if (LIBSYSTEMD_FOUND)
+            add_compile_definitions(USES_SYSTEMD)
+            target_link_libraries(Hyprland "${LIBSYSTEMD_LIBRARIES}")
+            message(STATUS "Systemd found")
+        else()
+            message(WARNING "Systemd support requested but systemd libraries were not found")
+        endif()
     else()
-        message(WARNING "Systemd support requested but libsystemd or systemd headers were not found")
+        message(WARNING "Systemd support requested but systemd headers were not found")
     endif()
 endif()