diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_251.2.bb b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_251.2.bb
index 8370bec0ca..5a21e7b513 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_251.2.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_251.2.bb
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ PACKAGECONFIG[rfkill] = "-Drfkill=true,-Drfkill=false"
 PACKAGECONFIG[seccomp] = "-Dseccomp=true,-Dseccomp=false,libseccomp"
 PACKAGECONFIG[selinux] = "-Dselinux=true,-Dselinux=false,libselinux,initscripts-sushell"
 PACKAGECONFIG[smack] = "-Dsmack=true,-Dsmack=false"
+PACKAGECONFIG[sysext] = "-Dsysext=true, -Dsysext=false"
 PACKAGECONFIG[sysusers] = "-Dsysusers=true,-Dsysusers=false"
 PACKAGECONFIG[sysvinit] = "-Dsysvinit-path=${sysconfdir}/init.d -Dsysvrcnd-path=${sysconfdir},-Dsysvinit-path= -Dsysvrcnd-path=,,systemd-compat-units update-rc.d"
 # When enabled use reproducble build timestamp if set as time epoch,
@@ -522,7 +523,6 @@ FILES:${PN}-extra-utils = "\
                         ${bindir}/systemd-cgls \
                         ${bindir}/systemd-cgtop \
                         ${bindir}/systemd-stdio-bridge \
-                        ${bindir}/systemd-sysext \
                         ${base_bindir}/systemd-ask-password \
                         ${base_bindir}/systemd-tty-ask-password-agent \
                         ${systemd_system_unitdir}/systemd-ask-password-console.path \