diff --git a/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_%.bbappend b/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_%.bbappend
index 9609e380..76245b30 100644
--- a/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_%.bbappend
+++ b/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_%.bbappend
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 PACKAGECONFIG:append:tegra = " efi"
 PACKAGE_ARCH:tegra = "${TEGRA_PKGARCH}"
+# XXX remove when upstream recipe is fixed
+DEPENDS:append:tegra = " python3-pyelftools-native"
+# XXX