diff --git a/contrib/cirrus/packer/ubuntu_setup.sh b/contrib/cirrus/packer/ubuntu_setup.sh
index 24f1cce215..af3eb2bfd5 100644
--- a/contrib/cirrus/packer/ubuntu_setup.sh
+++ b/contrib/cirrus/packer/ubuntu_setup.sh
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ ooe.sh sudo -E apt-get -qq install \
     libprotobuf-dev \
     libseccomp-dev \
     libseccomp2 \
+    libsystemd-dev \
     libtool \
     libudev-dev \
     lsof \