diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_197.bb b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_197.bb
index 48188baf9d..d55206b4ba 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_197.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_197.bb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE.GPL2;md5=751419260aa954499f7abaabaa882bbe \
 PROVIDES = "udev"
 
 PE = "1"
-PR = "r2"
+PR = "r4"
 
 DEPENDS = "xz kmod docbook-sgml-dtd-4.1-native intltool-native gperf-native acl readline dbus libcap libcgroup tcp-wrappers glib-2.0 libgcrypt"
 DEPENDS += "${@base_contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'pam', 'libpam', '', d)}"
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ EXTRA_OECONF = " --with-distro=${SYSTEMDDISTRO} \
                  --enable-split-usr \
                  --disable-microhttpd \
                  --without-python \
+                 --with-sysvrcnd-path=${sysconfdir} \
                "
 # uclibc does not have NSS
 EXTRA_OECONF_append_libc-uclibc = " --disable-myhostname "