diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_255.4.bb b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_255.4.bb
index e7498c802d..f58a1bc2b6 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_255.4.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_255.4.bb
@@ -271,14 +271,16 @@ WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT ??= "60"
 
 do_install() {
 	meson_do_install
-	# Change the root user's home directory in /lib/sysusers.d/basic.conf.
-	# This is done merely for backward compatibility with previous systemd recipes.
-	# systemd hardcodes root user's HOME to be "/root". Changing to use other values
-	# may have unexpected runtime behaviors.
-	if [ "${ROOT_HOME}" != "/root" ]; then
-		bbwarn "Using ${ROOT_HOME} as root user's home directory is not fully supported by systemd"
-		sed -i -e 's#/root#${ROOT_HOME}#g' ${D}${exec_prefix}/lib/sysusers.d/basic.conf
-	fi
+	if ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'sysusers', 'true', 'false', d)}; then
+            # Change the root user's home directory in /lib/sysusers.d/basic.conf.
+            # This is done merely for backward compatibility with previous systemd recipes.
+            # systemd hardcodes root user's HOME to be "/root". Changing to use other values
+            # may have unexpected runtime behaviors.
+            if [ "${ROOT_HOME}" != "/root" ]; then
+                    bbwarn "Using ${ROOT_HOME} as root user's home directory is not fully supported by systemd"
+                    sed -i -e 's#/root#${ROOT_HOME}#g' ${D}${exec_prefix}/lib/sysusers.d/basic.conf
+            fi
+        fi
 	install -d ${D}/${base_sbindir}
 	if ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'serial-getty-generator', 'false', 'true', d)}; then
 		# Provided by a separate recipe