diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_254.4.bb b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_254.4.bb
index 8a8ff54599..80ef418726 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_254.4.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_254.4.bb
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ FILES:${PN}-container = "${sysconfdir}/dbus-1/system.d/org.freedesktop.import1.c
                          ${datadir}/polkit-1/actions/org.freedesktop.machine1.policy \
                         "
 
-RDEPENDS:${PN}-container = "libnss-mymachines"
+RDEPENDS:${PN}-container = "${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'nss-mymachines', 'libnss-mymachines', '', d)}"
 
 # "machinectl import-tar" uses "tar --numeric-owner", not supported by busybox.
 RRECOMMENDS:${PN}-container += "\