diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 6ac7178..a316404 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+pcsc-lite (1.8.1-3) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * debian/{control,rules}: do not Build-Depends: on systemd but use
+    --with-systemdsystemunitdir=/lib/systemd/system instead
+    Fix "Not building on !linux architectures" (Closes: #650251)
+
+ -- Ludovic Rousseau <rousseau@debian.org>  Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:54:48 +0100
+
 pcsc-lite (1.8.1-2) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * debian/pcscd.postinst: Fix "Fails to configure" check that systemd is
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index a766940..4279d41 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: pcsc-lite
 Section: misc
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Ludovic Rousseau <rousseau@debian.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.0.50~), flex, autotools-dev, libudev-dev [linux-any], libusb2-dev [kfreebsd-any], pkg-config, systemd
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.0.50~), flex, autotools-dev, libudev-dev [linux-any], libusb2-dev [kfreebsd-any], pkg-config
 Standards-Version: 3.9.2
 Vcs-Svn: svn://svn.debian.org/svn/collab-maint/deb-maint/pcsc-lite/trunk
 Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/viewsvn/collab-maint/deb-maint/pcsc-lite/trunk/
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index e1e7986..ed26952 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ endif
 	dh $@
 
 override_dh_auto_configure:
-	dh_auto_configure -- $(EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS)
+	dh_auto_configure -- $(EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS) --with-systemdsystemunitdir=/lib/systemd/system