diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index aa32a502..8e6e18b8 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
+AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS = --without-systemdsystemunitdir
 
 EXTRA_DIST = bootstrap COPYING design.txt faq-compile.txt faq-general.txt file-loc.txt install.txt prog_std.txt readme.txt