diff --git a/linux/ibus-keyman/meson.build b/linux/ibus-keyman/meson.build
index 5a8958e983f..18c9e2b09df 100644
--- a/linux/ibus-keyman/meson.build
+++ b/linux/ibus-keyman/meson.build
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ conf = configuration_data()
 ibus =           dependency('ibus-1.0',             version: '>= 1.2.0')
 gtk =            dependency('gtk+-3.0',             version: '>= 2.4')
 json_glib =      dependency('json-glib-1.0',        version: '>= 1.0')
-systemd  =       dependency('libsystemd')
+systemd  =       dependency('libsystemd', 'libelogind')
 icu =            dependency('icu-i18n')
 
 core_dir = meson.current_source_dir() / '../../core'
diff --git a/linux/keyman-system-service/meson.build b/linux/keyman-system-service/meson.build
index 66da8f98914..07e0e971fb7 100644
--- a/linux/keyman-system-service/meson.build
+++ b/linux/keyman-system-service/meson.build
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ project('keyman-system-service', 'c', 'cpp',
         meson_version: '>=0.61')
 
 evdev    = dependency('libevdev', version: '>= 1.9')
-systemd  = dependency('libsystemd')
+systemd  = dependency('libsystemd', 'libelogind')
 
 subdir('resources')
 subdir('src')
diff --git a/linux/keyman-system-service/resources/com.keyman.SystemService1.service.libelogind b/linux/keyman-system-service/resources/com.keyman.SystemService1.service.libelogind
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fbc612005ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/linux/keyman-system-service/resources/com.keyman.SystemService1.service.libelogind
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# /usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/com.keyman.SystemService1.service
+# This version used with elogind (e.g. on Gentoo)
+
+[D-BUS Service]
+Name=com.keyman.SystemService1
+Exec=/usr/libexec/systemd-keyman.service
+User=root
diff --git a/linux/keyman-system-service/resources/com.keyman.SystemService1.service b/linux/keyman-system-service/resources/com.keyman.SystemService1.service.libsystemd
similarity index 78%
rename from linux/keyman-system-service/resources/com.keyman.SystemService1.service
rename to linux/keyman-system-service/resources/com.keyman.SystemService1.service.libsystemd
index 3966fb1bbcb..65acc4067a4 100644
--- a/linux/keyman-system-service/resources/com.keyman.SystemService1.service
+++ b/linux/keyman-system-service/resources/com.keyman.SystemService1.service.libsystemd
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # /usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/com.keyman.SystemService1.service
+# This version used with systemd (e.g. on Debian)
 
 [D-BUS Service]
 Name=com.keyman.SystemService1
diff --git a/linux/keyman-system-service/resources/meson.build b/linux/keyman-system-service/resources/meson.build
index c28cb81e585..a63ecf49fc9 100644
--- a/linux/keyman-system-service/resources/meson.build
+++ b/linux/keyman-system-service/resources/meson.build
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 install_data('com.keyman.SystemService1.conf', install_dir: get_option('datadir') / 'dbus-1/system.d/')
-install_data('com.keyman.SystemService1.service', install_dir: get_option('datadir') / 'dbus-1/system-services/')
+install_data('com.keyman.SystemService1.service.' + systemd.name(), install_dir: get_option('datadir') / 'dbus-1/system-services/', rename: ['com.keyman.SystemService1.service'])
 install_data('systemd-keyman.service', install_dir: get_option('prefix') / 'lib/systemd/system/')