--- a/meson.build	2024-07-29 16:43:01.812864903 +0200
+++ b/meson.build	2024-07-29 16:54:16.654741387 +0200
@@ -113,8 +113,13 @@
                                                  pkgconfig_define: ['prefix', session_prefix])
 endif
 
-libsystemd_dep = dependency('libsystemd', version: '>= 209', required: true)
-session_bin_deps += libsystemd_dep
+libsystemd_dep = dependency('libsystemd', version: '>= 209', required: false)
+if libsystemd_dep.found()
+  session_bin_deps += libsystemd_dep
+else
+  elogind_dep = dependency('libelogind', version: '>=209', required: true)
+  session_bin_deps += elogind_dep
+endif
 
 configure_file(
   output: 'config.h',