diff --git a/daemon/meson.build b/daemon/meson.build
index d0cf87c..c7f85d7 100644
--- a/daemon/meson.build
+++ b/daemon/meson.build
@@ -11,8 +11,17 @@ sysprofd_sources = [
 # NOTE: This is used in data/meson.build
 pkglibexecdir = join_paths(get_option('prefix'), get_option('libexecdir'), 'sysprof')
 
+# Check for sd-bus support either by systemd or elogind
+sdbus_dep = dependency('libsystemd', version: '>=222', required: false)
+if not sdbus_dep.found()
+  sdbus_dep = dependency('libelogind', version: '>=239.3', required: false)
+  if not sdbus_dep.found()
+    error('sysprofd requires sd-bus but neither systemd nor elogind were found')
+  endif
+endif
+
 sysprofd_deps = [
-  dependency('libsystemd', version: '>=222'),
+  sdbus_dep,
   dependency('glib-2.0'),
 ]
 
diff --git a/data/meson.build b/data/meson.build
index 563dc20..e84f446 100644
--- a/data/meson.build
+++ b/data/meson.build
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ if get_option('with_sysprofd') == 'bundled'
 
   systemdunitdir = get_option('systemdunitdir')
   if systemdunitdir == ''
-    systemdunitdir = dependency('systemd').get_pkgconfig_variable('systemdsystemunitdir')
+    systemdunitdir = dependency('systemd', required: false).get_pkgconfig_variable('systemdsystemunitdir')
   endif
   configure_file(
     input: 'sysprof2.service.in',