diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/upower/upower_0.99.17.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/upower/upower_0.99.17.bb
index d30fcea871..0572cc801b 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/upower/upower_0.99.17.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/upower/upower_0.99.17.bb
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ inherit meson pkgconfig gtk-doc gettext gobject-introspection systemd
 
 PACKAGECONFIG ??= "${@bb.utils.filter('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'systemd', d)}"
 PACKAGECONFIG[idevice] = "-Didevice=enabled,-Didevice=disabled,libimobiledevice libplist"
-PACKAGECONFIG[systemd] = "-Dsystemdsystemunitdir=${systemd_system_unitdir},-Dsystemdsystemunitdir=no,systemd"
+PACKAGECONFIG[systemd] = "-Dsystemdsystemunitdir=${systemd_system_unitdir},-Dsystemdsystemunitdir=no -Dudevrulesdir=${base_libdir}/udev/rules.d,systemd"
 
 EXTRA_OEMESON = " \
     -Dos_backend=linux \