diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/dbus/dbus-1.6.12.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/dbus/dbus-1.6.12.ebuild
index 4e3515c559..bbe1c3717a 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/dbus/dbus-1.6.12.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/dbus/dbus-1.6.12.ebuild
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ RDEPEND=">=dev-libs/expat-2
 		sec-policy/selinux-dbus
 		sys-libs/libselinux
 		)
-	systemd? ( sys-apps/systemd )
+	systemd? ( sys-apps/systemd:= )
 	X? (
 		x11-libs/libX11
 		x11-libs/libXt