diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_244.5.bb b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_244.5.bb
index bf33b8d6a1..b6f5a47d63 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_244.5.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_244.5.bb
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ PACKAGECONFIG ??= " \
     timesyncd \
     utmp \
     vconsole \
+    wheel-group \
     xz \
 "
 
@@ -188,6 +189,7 @@ PACKAGECONFIG[sbinmerge] = "-Dsplit-bin=false,-Dsplit-bin=true"
 PACKAGECONFIG[utmp] = "-Dutmp=true,-Dutmp=false"
 PACKAGECONFIG[valgrind] = "-DVALGRIND=1,,valgrind"
 PACKAGECONFIG[vconsole] = "-Dvconsole=true,-Dvconsole=false,,${PN}-vconsole-setup"
+PACKAGECONFIG[wheel-group] = "-Dwheel-group=true, -Dwheel-group=false"
 # Verify keymaps on locale change
 PACKAGECONFIG[xkbcommon] = "-Dxkbcommon=true,-Dxkbcommon=false,libxkbcommon"
 PACKAGECONFIG[xz] = "-Dxz=true,-Dxz=false,xz"