diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 24fcc9e..98e0459 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1167,7 +1167,8 @@ else
     PKG_CHECK_MODULES(SYSTEMD,
         [libsystemd-login >= 32, libsystemd-daemon >= 32],
         have_systemd=yes,
-        have_systemd=no)
+        have_systemd=yes)
+    AC_MSG_NOTICE([NixOS: do not care whether we found systemd or not])
 fi
 
 if test x$have_systemd = xyes; then