diff --git a/anda/tools/keyd/keyd.spec b/anda/tools/keyd/keyd.spec
index c310061561..73e8b3bcf0 100644
--- a/anda/tools/keyd/keyd.spec
+++ b/anda/tools/keyd/keyd.spec
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ EOF
 %make_build PREFIX=%_prefix LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -fuse-ld=mold"
 
 %install
-%make_install PREFIX=%_prefix LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -fuse-ld=mold"
+%make_install PREFIX=%_prefix LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -fuse-ld=mold" FORCE_SYSTEMD=1
 install -Dm644 keyd.service %buildroot%_unitdir/keyd.service
 install -Dm644 keyd.conf -t %buildroot%_sysusersdir
 install -Dm755 scripts/dump-xkb-config -t %buildroot%_datadir/keyd/